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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 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.
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 ...
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, 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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...