To enable virtualized Aegis Combat System operations, the Navy had to separate the hardware and the software, which traditionally have been developed, managed and modernized in tandem by prime ...

Retired Rear Adm. Wayne E. Meyer, 83, who was the force behind the Navy's development of the Aegis weapons system, which transformed the nature of naval warfare by relying on computerized and ...

The US Navy (USN) has been preparing the next phases of the Aegis modernisation programme and is seeking suppliers and ...

Three U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers are expected to take positions off the coast of Venezuela this week, forming the ...

Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems unit awarded a 10-year contract with a ceiling of $2.97B by the US Defense Department to upgrade the Aegis ballistic missile defense combat system.

Lockheed Martin Corp. LMT secured a contract involving AEGIS system. The award was offered by the Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC. Valued at $214.5 million, the contract is projected to ...

This week the system's maker, Lockheed Martin, announced another first for the Aegis system, its integration with something described as the world's most advanced air defense missile.

That something would be the AN/SPY-7 (V)1 radar. Purpose-built to work with the Aegis, the system was recently put to the test at Lockheed Martin's Production Test Center in Moorestown, New Jersey.

The Aegis system and SPY-1 radar provide the U.S. and allied nations with advanced surveillance, anti-air warfare and missile defense capabilities.

The land-based system uses the same SM-3 missile deployed on Aegis warships, and currently holds 24 SM-3 missiles at one time. The system can also be expanded to hold more launchers and missiles ...

The Trump administration approved the sale of 3,350 Extended Range Attack Munition (ERAM) missiles to Ukraine this week. They ...