Story by Shelby Thompson | Strategic Systems Programs | 09.23.2025
MAGNA, Utah - Six Sailors were given a rare opportunity to peek behind the curtain of the development of the most lethal, accurate, and reliable sea-based strategic deterrent on the planet during a Reverse Strategic Weapons System (SWS) Week August 17-21....
Story by April Crew-Kelly | Strategic Systems Programs | 09.23.2025
The U.S. Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs conducted four scheduled missile test flights of unarmed Trident II D5LE missiles from an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine off the east coast of Florida from September 17-21. One launch test event Sunday evening lit up the night sky and was visible from Puerto Rico....
Courtesy Story | Strategic Systems Programs | 09.18.2025
Strategic Systems Program’s (SSP) Program Management Offices (PMO) are the command’s eyes in the field as the government representatives for the design, development, production, installation, and testing of the Trident II D5 Strategic Weapon System (SWS) at industry facilities. For the Navy, the direct partnership by SSP’s Fleet liaison sailors at the PMOs is critical to connecting the......
Story by Shelby Thompson | Strategic Systems Programs | 09.17.2025
Strategic Systems Program's (SSP) Program Management Offices (PMO) are SSP’s “eyes in the field” as the government representatives for the design, development, production, installation, and testing for the Trident II D5 SWS at industry partner sites. For the Navy, the partnership between the fleet and SSP’s PMOs is key to building confidence in the submariners who are charged with this......
Story by Shelby Thompson | Strategic Systems Programs | 07.15.2025
WASHINGTON - “We can’t take away the pain, we can’t undo what has happened, but we can give each other our strength and our hope,” said Bonnie Carroll, the founder and president of the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS), at Strategic Systems Programs’ Leadership Learning Series in Washington D.C., on July 8, 2025....
Story by Thomas Jones | Strategic Systems Programs | 07.08.2025
WASHINGTON - On June 10-11, Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) contract specialists led a Contracting Excellence Workshop at Maritime Plaza to raise awareness about contracting requirements specific to SSP and the Navy....
Story by Thomas Jones | Strategic Systems Programs | 07.02.2025
Washington Navy Yard - Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) celebrated the retirement of SSP’s outgoing chief engineer, Steven Van Dyk (SES), Ph.D., on June 27, 2025, marking the end to an exceptional 27-year run with the command and putting the capstone on 43 years of military and federal service with the U.S. Navy....
Story by Shelby Thompson | Strategic Systems Programs | 06.25.2025
Magna, Utah - Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) disposed of the last first stage Trident I C4 missile rocket motor on June 25, 2025, one of the most significant strategic weapons systems (SWS) in U.S. Navy history....
