Trident II D5

Trident II D5

Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile Trident II (D5) Missile CHARACTERISTICS CURRENT LE AND MODERNIZATION PROGRAMS 3 Boost Stages – Accurate, Credible, Affordable Solid Propellant Post Boost Control System – Lockheed Martin Space has been the prime missile Solid Propellant contractor of the Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) Stellar-Inertial Guidance Guidance Flight Interlocks Missile Command Mk4A and Program since program inception in 1955 and has System Control Package Inverter Sequencer Mk5 ALT 370 continued through six generations of submarine- Mk 4 or Mk 5 Ballistic (CSDL) launched ballistic missiles (SLBM). The TRIDENT II Reentry Bodies (D5) missile is presently carried on the U.S. OHIO- class and U.K Vanguard-class ballistic missile SPECIFICATIONS First Stage Second Stage Third Stage Nose Cap & submarines (SSBNs). This highly capable missile Motor Motor Motor Aerospike and launch system ensure that the United States Length: 44.5 ft maintains a highly survivable strategic deterrent Diameter: 83 in. well into the 21st century. As the most reliable and Weight: 130,000 lb. survivable leg of the nuclear triad, the D5 missile enhances nuclear stability by means of assured Range: >4,000 nm Interstage Equipment Nose Fairing retaliation, thus providing no incentive for enemy Section first strike The D5 missile has a remarkable mission success HIGH PERFORMING TEAMS SUPPORTING A SAFE AND RELIABLE SEA-BASED record with more than 170 successful flight test STRATEGIC DETTERENT launches since 1989, continuing a more than 25-year record of unmatched reliability and Strategic Weapons Fire Control Subsystem Guidance Subsystem Facility Pacific, General Dynamics Mission Systems Draper performance. Bangor, WA Pittsfield, MA Cambridge, MA The D5 Life Extension (LE) missile includes five missile avionics electronics packages, the guidance Missile & Reentry Subsystem Lockheed Martin Space Submarine SSBN system and continued production of boost motors Sunnyvale, CA; General Dynamics and post boost control system gas generators. LE Centennial, CO; Electric Boat missiles are currently in full rate production and Titusville, FL Groton, CT undergoing testing. Launcher Subsystem Navigation Subsystem Northrop Grumman Lockheed Martin Rotary D5 LE missiles will be deployed on the next- Sunnyvale, CA & Mission Systems generation U.S. COLUMBIA-class and U.K. Mitchell Field, NY Dreadnought-class submarines, both scheduled to Instrumentation Subsystem enter service in the 2030s. L3 Interstate Electronics Corporation Strategic Systems Anaheim CA Programs Lockheed Martin Space Headquarters Sunnyvale, CA Washington, D.C. Boost Motors Naval Ordnance Test Strategic Weapons Navigation Subsystem Northrop Grumman Unit and Eastern Range Facility Atlantic Boeing Defense, Space & Innovation Systems Cape Canaveral, FL Kings Bay, GA Security Magna, UT Huntington Beach CA ©2018 Lockheed Martin Corporation.

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