Brian Bradley
NS&D Monitor
2/13/2015
Navy Strategic Systems Programs awarded Charles Stark Draper Laboratory a maximum amount $302.4 million sole-source, firm-fixed-price, fixed-price-incentive and cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for ongoing work of the Trident D5 MK 6 Guidance System Repair Program with failure verification, test, repair and recertification of inertial measurement units, electronic assemblies and electronic modules, according to a Feb. 9 Defense Department announcement. Work is expected to be completed March 31, 2019. $260.9 million in Navy Fiscal Year 2015 weapons procurement contract funds and $41.6 million in FY 2015 United Kingdom contract funds are being obligated at the time of award, none of which is expected to expire at the end of FY 2015. Draper Labs is based in Cambridge, Mass.
DoD asked for $1.2 billion for the Trident D5 missile for FY 2016, after the department received $1.3 billion to fund the missile program in FY 2015. To ensure the weapons are fielded until 2042, the missile is undergoing a life extension program, for which Lockheed Martin is a prime contractor. In addition to the guidance system, the FY 2016 request is intended to improve the Arming, Fuzing and Firing systems and studies to support the National Nuclear Security Administration’s W88 ALT 370 program, according to budget documents. The $1.2 billion would also bankroll procurement of flight test instrumentation, 12 solid rocket motors, 35 LEP kits, support equipment and spares.
