To enhance its strategic deterrence capabilities, the U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a $383 million contract to develop the Trident II D5 Life Extension 2 (D5LE2) ballistic missile system. This ...

The Trident II D5 Life Extension 2 (D5LE2) will be carried by the US Navy’s Columbia-class submarines through to 2084.

The D5LE2 missile is being developed as part of Lockheed Martin’s Fleet Ballistic Missiles program and will remain credible to continue U.S. sea-based strategic deterrence through 2084.

D5 missile to create an upgraded Trident II D5 Life Extension 2 (D5LE2) submarine-launched ballistic missile, which will supplement and gradually replace the current stock of Tridents through ...

The Trident II D5 Life Extension (D5LE2) missile, as the upgraded version will be called, will be carried onboard the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine, and is expected to maintain the ...

Today's U.S. missile defenses are “neither intended for (nor) capable of defending the homeland against the ballistic ...

called the Trident II D5 Life Extension 2 (D5LE2). The integrated, modernized missile will be carried aboard COLUMBIA-class ballistic missile submarines to ensure the strategic weapon system ...

Lockheed Martin is breaking ground on an approximately 225,000 square foot facility in Titusville, Florida to produce components for the D5LE2 submarine-launched ballistic missile. The new ...

The D5LE2, designed with the goal to “ensure the strategic weapon system remains credible through 2084,” will be carried aboard Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines. "The second life ...