$243M to Draper Laboratory for Trident II D5 Guidance System Support

Trident II D5 Test Launch(click to view full) The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory in Cambridge, MA received 2 contract modifications worth a combined $243 million to provide engineering support and repair services for the Trident II D5 guidance system. The Trident II D-5, the sixth generation member of the US Navy’s fleet ballistic missile program, is a 3-stage, solid propellant ballistic missile with a range of more than 4,000 nautical miles. Deployed aboard Ohio Class SSBNs and British Vanguard Class SSBNs, the Trident II uses the Mk6 LE inertial guidance system for navigation. Unless otherwise noted, the US Navy’s Strategic Systems Program issues these contracts to Charles Stark Draper Laboratory in Cambridge, MA: Dec 4/09: A $133.3 million modification (#P00003) under a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00030-09-C-0008) for the Trident II D5 guidance system tactical engineering support and guidance applications program. Specific tasks include: * provide tactical engineering support; * provide Mk6 LE field support services; * develop a strategic guidance application program; * develop a GPS receiver design approach; * provide support for the Extended Navy Test Bed (ENTB) and ENTB derivative reentry body experiments (ENTB is a special Trident reentry body used to test performance of the […]