TRIDENT Refit Facility Honored with 2024 Best of Georgia Award

Lockheed Martin to create an upgraded version of Trident II ballistic missiles

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $383 million contract to develop a new Trident II nuclear-capable ballistic missile modernization

TRIDENT Refit Facility Honored with 2024 Best of Georgia Award

KINGS BAY, GA, UNITED STATES, February 2, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In a significant acknowledgment of its dedication to quality work, service to community, and support of national defense, TRIDENT Refit Facility (TRF-KB) at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia, has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Best of Georgia Award. This isn’t TRF-KB’s first recognition; in 2023, the facility also won the Best of Georgia Regional Award. These honors, d…

Lockheed Martin announced that the US Navy has awarded a change worth 383 million dollars to the current contract relating to the development of the next generation of the Trident II Strategic Weapons System (SWS) D5 missile to continue maintaining US strategic maritime deterrence. Based on this contract change, Lockheed Martin will design the enhanced missile, called Trident II D5 Life Extension 2 (D5LE2). The integrated, modernized missile wil…