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Successful Trident II D5 Life Extension (D5LE) Launches Demonstrates Continued Readiness of Nation’s Sea-Based Deterrent

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 17-21, 2025) – An unarmed Trident II D5 Life Extension (D5LE) missile launches from an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine...

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The Evolution of Strategic Systems Programs Across 70 years

(March 8, 1962) - A sketch of USS Scorpion resized to fit a missile compartment for the first U.S. ballistic missile submarine.

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In the Beginning: SSP’s Sea-Based Strategic Deterrence Mission

WASHINGTON (May 22, 2023) - This video is the first in a series of features that chronicles the history of and provides an introduction to the...

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Flight Testing: Validating the Credibility of the Nation's Sea-Based Strategic Deterrent

WASHINGTON (Sept. 28, 2023) - U.S. Navy's Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) leaders highlight the importance of SSP's flight testing program as a...

4/22/2026

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SSP Celebrates Month of Military Child

Every April, the Department of War (DoW) celebrates the Month of the Military Child, recognizing the important role military children play in the armed forces community. While the nation’s warfighters are protecting the homeland and her interests around the world, the children of U.S. military servicemembers make sacrifices that effect their daily life.
4/13/2026

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One Team, One Fight: PAE SSP and DTRA Execute Knowledge Transfer Initiative

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Servicemembers assigned to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Global Threat Reduction Directorate (GT) and Sailors from U.S. Navy Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) spent a week engaging in cross-program knowledge transfer March 23-27.
4/13/2026

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The Evolution of Strategic Systems Programs Across 70 years

When Portfolio Acquisition Executive Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) was established in 1955 at the request of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, an unprecedented challenge was assigned to the Navy command: to work with the U.S. Army to host the Jupiter missile on a Navy vessel.