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Diagram of the Aegis Combat System (Baseline 2-6). The Aegis Combat System (ACS) implements advanced command and control (command and decision, or C&D, in Aegis parlance). It is composed of the Aegis Weapon System (AWS), the fast-reaction component of the Aegis Anti-Aircraft Warfare (AAW) capability, along with the Phalanx Close In Weapon System (CIWS), and the Mark 41 Vertical Launch System
Lockheed Martin's (LMT) Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system is the primary sea-based component of the U.S. missile defense system. Lockheed Martin's (LMT) RMS Unit Wins $731M Deal to Aid ...
The motto in Latin: Custos Custodum Ipsorum means "Guard of the Guardians Themselves" in English. The Aegis ballistic missile defense system (Aegis BMD or ABMD), [1] also known as Sea-Based Midcourse, is a Missile Defense Agency program under the United States Department of Defense developed to provide missile defense against short and intermediate-range ballistic missiles.
Lockheed Martin, the nation's largest pure-play defense contractor, was also the biggest winner of the day -- by far. The $822.5 million in contracts it pulled in accounted for 77% of the funds on ...
Once complete, the base is expected to be equipped with as many as two dozen Raytheon Standard Missile-3 interceptor rockets, and will become part of the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System , a ...
As a ship-based alternative to the land-based Aegis Ashore system, the Aegis system-equipped warships could be armed with the Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) Sea-Based Terminal (SBT) system (pictured), as well as the J7.B Aegis Weapon System and Lockheed Martin's SPY-7(V)1 multi-functional radar, initially contracted for Aegis Ashore. According to ...
The $15 billion package could include 60 F-35 fighter jets and 400 Patriot missiles, ... matter told the publication that Taiwan may also request Lockheed Martin's Aegis Combat System, which uses ...
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Lockheed Martin a $79.7 million modification, increasing the funding limit on a contract originally given to the company in August 2010 . The contract in ...