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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.
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
At low altitudes, the jets would burn conventional aviation fuel. In order to take off, the plane required 182 additional vertical lift engines. These were similar to the engines from the Boeing 747, which was new at the time. Two variants were studied, a logistics support aircraft and an airborne aircraft carrier. There was a rumored third ...
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 Arleigh Burke-class ships have BMD systems with their Lockheed-Martin AEGIS tracking and targeting software, [110] unlike the DDG 1000's Raytheon TSCE-I targeting and tracking software, [101] which does not, as it is not yet complete, so while the DDG 1000, with its TSCE-I combat system, does have the SM-2/SM-3 missile system installed, it ...
The Aegis Guam System, made by defense contractor Lockheed Martin, consists of an integrated AN/TPY-6 and vertical launch system based on the Mark 41 shipborne missile system.
Over the past few weeks, the Department of Defense has awarded Lockheed Martin more than $74 million worth of contracts related to its work on the upgraded Aegis air defense system known as "Aegis ...
In February 2023, Lockheed Martin showcased integration of PAC-3 MSE missile with Mk 41 VLS used by Aegis BMD and Aegis Ashore. [55] Lockheed announced it is spending $100 million to integrate the missile with the Aegis combat system and plans to test whether it can fire the missiles from a vertical launch system tied into Aegis’s command-and ...