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 by James Laporta Washington (UPI) Jan 31, 2018
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory was awarded a contract for submarine-launched Trident nuclear missile guidance systems. The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $65.5 million under the terms of a fixed-price-incentive, cost-plus-incentive-fee contract, which is a modification on a previous contract award. The agreement between Charles Stark Draper Laboratory and the Navy provides for "failure verification, test, repair and recertification of inertial measurement units, electronic assemblies and electronic modules" in support of the Trident D-5 MK 6 guidance system. The guidance system is integrated into U.K. Royal Navy Vanguard-class and U.S. Ohio-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. The system aids in the firing and launching of the UGM-133A Trident II or Trident D-5 ballistic missiles built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems, according to CSIS. The contract has a built-in option that, if exercised, would bring the total value of the deal to more than $370.1 million, the Pentagon said. Work on the contract will occur in Florida, Minnesota, and Massachusetts, and is expected to be completed in January 2021. More than $65.5 million of combined funding from the Navy fiscal 2017 weapons procurement allotment and United Kingdom funds has been obligated to Charles Stark Draper Laboratory at the time of award contract. The obligated funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
Not there yet, but US officials warn N.Korea soon to perfect ICBM Washington (AFP) Jan 30, 2018 North Korea has taken fresh strides in its nuclear missile program but has not shown all the technologies needed to strike America, a US general said Tuesday, as another top official warned such a capability is just months away. Pyongyang has demonstrated its rockets are powerful enough to reach the United States, but General Paul Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said it has yet to prove that its fusing and targeting technologies can survive the stresses of ballistic missile flight ... read more
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