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News - aegis

  • Naval Warfare

    Naval BMD could lose the human touch

    7th July 2020

    The US is exploring a new platform for ballistic missile defence (BMD), after the Pentagon floated the idea of using unmanned surface ships. This concept …

  • Defence Notes

    Japan decides to set Aegis Ashore adrift

    18th June 2020

    Defence Minister Taro Kono suddenly announced on 15 June that Japan would discontinue its acquisition of Aegis Ashore. Boosters falling onto residential areas, after separating …

  • Naval Warfare

    South Korea kicks offs KDDX design competition

    11th June 2020

    The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) launched a competition for the design of the next-generation Aegis-equipped destroyer for the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) on …

  • Naval Warfare

    Lockheed Martin to exercise Option Year Two for Aegis development sites

    10th June 2020

    Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $70.17 million contract modification to exercise its second year of options for support of Aegis development, test site operations and …

  • Land Warfare

    US begins NGI competition in major overhaul of homeland defence

    22nd May 2020

    The Pentagon has launched a competition for a Next Generation Interceptor (NGI), as an ambitious project to overhaul the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system in the …

  • Land Warfare

    Lockheed Martin gains Aegis Ashore contract modification

    21st May 2020

    Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems is to continue performing engineering design support services in support of its Aegis Ashore FMS contract for Japan. Under a …

  • Naval Warfare

    Australia welcomes third and final Air Warfare Destroyer

    21st May 2020

    The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) commissioned its third Air Warfare Destroyer, HMAS Sydney, in a ceremony in Jervis Bay off the Australian coast on 18 …

  • Training

    US holds first Barents Sea exercise since 1990s

    11th May 2020

    The first US-led exercise in the Barents Sea since the 1990s is underway, involving three Arleigh Burke-class Aegis destroyers and a USN fast combat support …

  • Naval Warfare

    FREMM-derived design wins out in USN FFG(X) programme

    1st May 2020

    The decision by the USN on 30 April to award the contract for the build up to ten of the future FFG(X) guided missile frigates …

  • Naval Warfare

    Spain to gain Aegis fire control via FMS

    23rd April 2020

    Lockheed Martin was, on 17 April, awarded a new $519 million cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee undefinitised contract to provide Aegis fire control loop development to Spain. US …

  • Defence Notes

    Coronavirus chews up South Korean defence budget

    17th April 2020

    The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is having a global economic impact, and defence spending will not be immune. One of the earliest casualties is the South …

  • Digital Battlespace

    More Japanese Hawkeyes arrive amid AEW restructure

    15th April 2020

    The third and fourth E-2D Advanced Hawkeye AEW aircraft for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) arrived last month. The pair of Northrop Grumman aircraft (bearing …

  • Naval Warfare

    South Korea moves ahead with new frigates

    27th March 2020

    The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) continues to modernise, with a design and production contract being awarded to Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the Ulsan-class …

  • Naval Warfare

    Maya aids Japanese BMD

    26th March 2020

    The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned the first of two Maya-class destroyers in Yokohama on 19 March. JS Maya (DDG-179) is a guided missile …

  • Naval Warfare

    Japan roars ahead with Li-ion batteries

    7th March 2020

    The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned its first lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery-powered submarine on 5 March. This makes Japan the first nation in the world to …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

  • Destroyers

    Future Destroyers - ASEV [Japan]

    Programme Background Requirements Following the Maya-class destroyers, the JMSDF will not just maintain the destroyer units they operate already but will receive two new destroyer platforms. ...

  • Military helicopters - maritime

    Maritime Operations Helicopters Block 2 (South Korea)

    Programme Background The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) was seeking additional naval helicopters under its Maritime Operations Helicopter Batch 2 (MOH2) project. It represented a ...

  • Military helicopters - transport/heavy lift

    Heavy Lift Helicopter [Philippines]

    Programme Background Procurement from Russia In November 2021, Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana confirmed that a contract had been signed to acquire 16 Mi-171 heavy ...

  • Destroyers

    Future Guided Missile Destroyer (ROCN)

    Four new destroyers are part of the Republic of China Navy (ROCN) force modernisation which includes 12 indigenous shipbuilding programmes and upgrade projects. This is ...

  • Frigates

    F124 Frigate Replacement Programme (F127) [Germany]

    Programme Background Requirements The German Navy gave Shephard an update on the programme in October 2021. Germany expects to introduce the next-generation F127 frigate into ...

  • Destroyers

    Sejong the Great Class (KDX-III) Batch 2 [South Korea]

    Programme Background Requirements The Sejong the Great class (KDX-III) Batch 2 will consist of three improved Sejong the Great-class (KDX-III) batch 1 guided-missile destroyers, which ...

  • Frigates

    Sea 5000 Future Frigate (Hunter Class) [Australia]

    Programme Background The Type 26 design and manufacture programme is known as the Global Combat Ship, created by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). The ...

  • Destroyers

    KDDX Next Generation Destroyer [South Korea]

    Programme Background Requirements The new destroyers are set to replace the older KDX I and KDX II. The program calls for the construction of six ...

  • Destroyers

    Next-Generation Large Surface Combatants (LSC) - DDG(X)

    Programme Background Requirements The US Navy (USN) is acknowledging a need to move away from the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer design, which is slowly outgrowing. Flight III ...

  • Frigates

    Hellenic Frigate Procurement Programme (1-3) [Greece]

    Programme Background Timeline The programme took a significant step when the Greek Defence Minister Niko Panagiotopoulos and his French counterpart Florence Parly signed a Letter ...

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

  • AEgis Elements Real-time 3D Modeling

    The AEgis Elements site is loaded with high-fidelity, real-time, military 3D models that have been custom-built and compiled over the last two decades by 3D ...

  • Naval: Combat Management Systems, Sea: fire control systems

    Aegis Weapon System

    Aegis Weapon System is an integrated missile guidance system used on USN and allied ships to perform anti-air and ballistic missile defence missions.  The S-band phased-array ...

  • Deployable/static missile systems

    Aegis Ashore

    Aegis Ashore is the first operational land-based version of the Aegis Combat System originally developed by Lockheed Martin for the US Navy's Ballistic Missile Defence ...

  • Naval: COMINT and ELINT systems

    Aldebaran

    Aldebaran is an ESM/ECM system for maritime applications, used on Spanish Navy F-100 Aegis frigates.

  • Sea: naval fire control radar

    AN/SPY-1 air search radar

    Aegis isan integrated missile guidance system used on USN and allied ships to performanti-air and ballistic missile defence missions. The S-band phased-array AN/SPY-1D(V) radar acquires ...

  • Sea: naval surveillance radar

    AN/SPY-7(V)1

    The AN/SPY-7(V)1 is a Solid State Radar (LM SSR) developed and produced by Lockheed Martin. The system will be fully integrated onboard the Royal Canadian Navy's future Surface ...

  • EO/IR systems

    Vampir MB

    Vampir MB is a long-range bispectral IR search and track system that can operate alone or as a low-altitude gap filler to complement air search ...

  • Naval: shipboard communication systems

    IVCS

    The Integrated Voice Communications System (IVCS) is a shipboard communications system that combines naval telephones and intercom equipment into one system. It consists of terminals, ...

  • Sea: ship surveillance and fire control systems

    Vampir

    The Vampir is a long-range, bispectral IR search and track system that can operate alone or as a low-altitude gap filler to complement air search ...

  • Sea: ship surveillance and fire control systems

    MK99

    The MK99 is a fire control system developed and produced by Raytheon. It is commonly deployed as part of the wider AEGIS combat system with ...

  • Destroyers

    Kongō Class

    The Kongō class destroyers were built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and IHI Corporation. Commissioned throughout the 1990s, the class is ...

  • Naval: Combat Management Systems

    Integrated Combat System

    The Integrated Combat System (ICS) is a combat management system being developed for the US Navy. The project, currently led by Lockheed Martin, aims to ...

  • Naval: Combat Management Systems

    COMBATSS-21

    Produced by Lockheed Martin, the Littoral Combat Ship Component Based Total Ship System – 21st Century (COMBATSS-21) is a modular, scalable open combat management system that can be ...

  • Naval: Combat Management Systems

    SCOMBA

    SCOMBA is a combat management system developed by Navantia for the Spanish Navy. It has been in service with the Spanish Navy since 2010 across ...

  • Land: air defence simulators

    IMTS

    The Improved Moving Target Simulator (IMTS) for air defence training consists of a 38ft-diameter hemispherical dome screen with multiple computer-generated images (including geometry correction and ...