Trident II D5 / D5LE

Name: Trident II D5 / D5LE acquisition cost growth
Creator: Aous Abdo
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Trident II · Navy · Lockheed Martin

+8% $25.9B (1990) → $28.1B (2022)

Trident II D5 / D5LE: cost trajectory from $25.9B in 1990 to $28.1B in 2022, +8% growth.

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Baseline

$25.9B (1990)

Current estimate

$28.1B (2022)

Cost growth

+8%

Units

568 → 561

Quantity change

−1%

Unit-cost change

+9%

IOC

1990 → 1990

Schedule slip

0 yr

Cost basis

Confidence

high · reconciled

+8% (BY1983) with flat/declining quantity — the growth is scope, not volume: the current estimate now folds in the D5 Life Extension (D5LE). Using the 2022 SAR’s own restated figures.

Source: Trident II (D-5) Dec 2022 SAR (esd.whs.mil), Total Acquisition & Unit Cost Report (BY1983).

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