The Aegis combat system is the backbone of US Navy ship defense, designed to detect, track, and destroy incoming threats in ...

One of the recent Aegis enhancements is the ability to direct the use of laser weapons against aircraft, missiles, drones or small boats. American naval weapons development officials are considering ...

Lockheed Martin Corporation’s (LMT) business unit, Rotary and Mission Systems (RMS), recently clinched a modification contract involving the AEGIS weapon system. The award has been provided by the ...

The U.S. Navy has awarded Falls Church-based federal contractor BAE Systems with a five-year, $251 million contract to provide critical system engineering and on-site technical expertise to the AEGIS ...

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will design and build a new version of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system under a potential six-year, $327M contract from the Missile Defense Agency. The ...

During a meeting at the Pentagon with U.S. defense secretary Lloyd Austin, Japanese minister of defense Yasukazu Hamada registered concern about cooperation between Russia and China, as well as ...

Key point: The Pentagon hasn’t tested its missile defenses like it is supposed to. America’s missile defense umbrella is supposed to protect Europe from Iranian (and perhaps Russian) ballistic ...

A Standard Missile-3 Block IIA is loaded into the Vertical Launch System (VLS) on Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, in preparation for Flight Experiment Mission-02. (Photo courtesy of Missile Defense ...

Valued at $82.3 million, the contract is expected to be completed by December 2025. Per the terms of the deal, Lockheed can exercise options for AEGIS development and test site operation and ...

Lockheed Martin Corporation’s LMT unit, Rotary and Mission Systems, recently clinched a modification contract involving the AEGIS combat system. The award has been provided by the Naval Sea Systems ...