The Navy built the first Aegis cruisers using the hull and machinery designs of Spruance class destroyers. The commissioning of USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) opened a new era in surface warfare as the ...

Adams and Farragut class guided missile destroyers. Like the larger Ticonderoga-class cruisers, DDG 51's combat capability centers around the Aegis Weapon System (AWS). AWS is composed of the SPY ...

The smaller size means that a crew of only about 90 is required, about half the size of other destroyers and one-third the crew size of an Aegis-class warship. The switch to sleeker vessels was ...

Around a century later, the USS Arleigh Burke is a new variety of guided missile destroyer. The Arleigh Burke class were the first ships of their kind to feature the AEGIS system, which combines ...

SM-6 unit cost is ~$4m-$8m. Presently, the JMSDF operates a total of eight Aegis-equipped destroyers. These include four Kongo-class destroyers, commissioned in the 1990s and upgraded with the ...

It’s no coincidence that the Asian nations with Aegis combat systems are also the ones buying the F-35.

The decision was made in November to install the Aegis Ashore equipment on two Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers. It was clear there would be some drawbacks. But it now turns out those ...

Lockheed Martin received funding for development and integration of the Aegis combat system solution to equip the Royal Canadian Navy's new River-class destroyers, shown here in a rendering.

Bath Iron Works Corporation BIW) has begun fabrication on the irst Aegis ... in this class currently planned by the Navy. As lead yard for design and construction of the Burke destroyers, BIW ...