According to a press release published by Department of Defence on March 2, 2021, Lockheed Martin Space, Titusville, Florida, is awarded a $128,677,600, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00030-21-C-2017) to support the integration of the Trident II (D5) Missile and Reentry Subsystems into the Common Missile Compartment (CMC) for the U.S./United Kingdom Columbia/Dreadnought Submarine construction programs.
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submarine-launched ballistic missile UGM-133A Trident II (Picture source: Victor Mochere)
Work will be performed in Cape Canaveral, Florida (37.02%); Denver, Colorado (24.22%); Sunnyvale, California (15.62%); Magna, Utah (13.72%); Titusville, Florida (1.69%); Oak Ridge, Tennessee (1.06%); and other various locations of less than 1.0% each (6.67% total). Work is expected to be completed Feb. 28, 2027.
Fiscal 2021 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) ($114,095,039); and foreign funds – non Foreign Military Sales ($6,827,555), in the amount of $120,922,594 will be obligated on this award. No funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
This contract is being awarded to the contractor on a sole-source basis under 10 U.S. Code 2304 and was previously synopsized on the System for Award Management (beta) website. The Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
The UGM-133A Trident II, or Trident D5 is a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), built by Lockheed Martin Space in Sunnyvale, California, and deployed with the American and British navies.
