Table of Contents
- 1 What does the Aegis system do?
- 2 What is the advantage of having a combat system such as Aegis within a force of ships?
- 3 What does aegis stand for in the Navy?
- 4 What did Zeus call aegis?
- 5 What is discussing Aegis BMD?
- 6 What is the Aegis ballistic missile defence (BMD)?
- 7 How does the Aegis system communicate with the Standard missiles?
- 8 Which countries have been involved in the Aegis BMD program?
What does the Aegis system do?
The Aegis Combat System is an American integrated naval weapons system developed by the Missile and Surface Radar Division of RCA, and now produced by Lockheed Martin. It uses powerful computer and radar technology to track and guide weapons to destroy enemy targets.
What is the advantage of having a combat system such as Aegis within a force of ships?
Due to its open architecture, Aegis takes full advantage of evolving technology to deliver enhanced capability to the warfighter and has the ability to perform simultaneous Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD).
How many missiles can Aegis guide?
AEGIS is currently carried aboard 2 types of ships. The TICONDEROGA-class cruisers were the first. These ships are often fitted with 2 MK 41 VLS. They can carry up to 122 missiles of all types, including Tomahawk, Standard and SLAM.
AEGIS. Advanced Electronic Guided Interceptor System.
What did Zeus call aegis?
aegis, also spelled egis, plural aegises or egises, in ancient Greece, leather cloak or breastplate generally associated with Zeus, the king of the gods, and thus thought to possess supernatural power. Zeus’s daughter Athena adopted the aegis for ordinary dress.
How old is the aegis?
Aegis development goes back to the 1960s and was first fielded operationally in the early 1980s.
What is discussing Aegis BMD?
The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System (Aegis BMD or ABMD) is a United States Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency program developed to provide missile defense against short to intermediate-range ballistic missiles.
What is the Aegis ballistic missile defence (BMD)?
The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) is the sea-based component of the US Ballistic Missile Defence System. Image courtesy of MDA and US Navy. The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) can track and intercept short and medium-range ballistic missiles.
How many ships have the Aegis combat system?
The Aegis Combat System is deployed on 84 U.S. naval vessels: 62 Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyers (DDG), and 22 Ticonderoga-class Cruisers (CG). Thirty-three of these ships have ballistic missile defense capability (28 DDG and 5 CG).
How does the Aegis system communicate with the Standard missiles?
The Aegis system communicates with the Standard missiles through a radio frequency (RF) uplink using the AN/SPY-1 radar for mid-course update missile guidance during engagements, but still requires the AN/SPG-62 radar for terminal guidance.
Which countries have been involved in the Aegis BMD program?
Warships of Japan and Australia also have been given weapons and technology to enable them to participate as well. Current Aegis BMD hardware includes the SM-3 Block-1a missile and other improvements to the Aegis Weapons System.