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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
The facility was initially constructed for the United States Air Force in 1958, to support AN/FPS-49 Ballistic Missile Early Warning System development. It briefly operated as a sensor for the SPACETRACK program [4] but was transferred to the U.S. Navy and refurbished in 1976 to support Aegis Combat System development.
The AN/SPY-1 [a] is a United States Navy passive electronically scanned array (PESA) 3D radar system manufactured by Lockheed Martin, and is a key component of the Aegis Combat System. The system is computer controlled and uses four complementary antennas to provide 360-degree coverage.
Lockheed Martin's (LMT) AEGIS CSEA is responsible for combat system engineering services, including the design and life cycle support, for all AEGIS-equipped ships.
The Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS) is one of eleven learning centers of Naval Education and Training Command, headquartered on Naval Support Facility Dahlgren operated learning centers for the education and training of United States Navy personnel on the operation and use of shipboard combat systems, including the Aegis Combat System, SSDS, tactical data links and other systems that ...
DDG-138 is the 88th ship of its class and is a fitting tribute to Middendorf, who championed the Aegis system while he was secretary of the Navy in the mid-1970s. A true Renaissance man
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Threston received several awards and honors. In 1991 he received the Harold E. Saunders Award from the American Society of Naval Engineers; [1] and in 1995 he received the IEEE Simon Ramo Medal for his "leadership of the design, development and production of the AEGIS ship combat system." [2]