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The Aegis Weapon System is a centralized, automated, command-and-control and weapons-control system for destroyers, cruisers, and land sites.
WASHINGTON – Shipboard electronics experts at Lockheed Martin Corp. will conduct full development and life cycle engineering for the U.S. Navy Aegis Weapon System (AWS) fielding for cruisers, destroyers, and Aegis Ashore configurations.
Officials of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in Dahlgren, Va., are asking the Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems segment in Moorestown, N.J., for Aegis Weapon System engineering under terms of a $720 million contract announced Friday.
The Aegis Weapon System is a centralized, automated, command-and-control and weapons-control system for Burke-class destroyers, Ticonderoga-class cruisers, and land-based missile-defense sites.
Lockheed Martin will handle full development and life cycle engineering for Aegis Baseline (BL) 5.4.1 (Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) 4.2) development; BL 9 (BMD 5.X) development; Aegis BMD In-Service support; BMD ground and flight test support; modeling and simulation support; Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex combat system engineering, testing, site support, modernization, technical and logistics support; and Aegis BMD ship installation and planning.
Related: Shipboard electronics steams into the 21st century
The heart of the AWS is the AN/SPY-1 advanced automatic-detect and -track multi-function phased-array radar, an RF and microwave sensor that handles search, track, and missile guidance simultaneously, with a track capacity of more than 100 targets.
Aegis, also the name for the shield of the Greek god Zeus, has been aboard Navy surface warships since the 1980s. A computer-based command and decision interface is the core of the Aegis combat system, which enables the system to operate simultaneously against hostile aircraft and missiles, surface ships, and submarines.
On this contract Lockheed Martin will do the work in Moorestown, N.J., and should be finished by February 2024. For more information contact Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems online at www.lockheedmartin.com, or the Missile Defense Agency at www.mda.mil.
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WASHINGTON – Shipboard electronics experts at Lockheed Martin Corp. will conduct full development and life cycle engineering for the U.S. Navy Aegis Weapon System (AWS) fielding for cruisers, destroyers, and Aegis Ashore configurations.
Officials of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in Dahlgren, Va., are asking the Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems segment in Moorestown, N.J., for Aegis Weapon System engineering under terms of a $720 million contract announced Friday.
The Aegis Weapon System is a centralized, automated, command-and-control and weapons-control system for Burke-class destroyers, Ticonderoga-class cruisers, and land-based missile-defense sites.
Lockheed Martin will handle full development and life cycle engineering for Aegis Baseline (BL) 5.4.1 (Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) 4.2) development; BL 9 (BMD 5.X) development; Aegis BMD In-Service support; BMD ground and flight test support; modeling and simulation support; Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex combat system engineering, testing, site support, modernization, technical and logistics support; and Aegis BMD ship installation and planning.
Related: Shipboard electronics steams into the 21st century
The heart of the AWS is the AN/SPY-1 advanced automatic-detect and -track multi-function phased-array radar, an RF and microwave sensor that handles search, track, and missile guidance simultaneously, with a track capacity of more than 100 targets.
Aegis, also the name for the shield of the Greek god Zeus, has been aboard Navy surface warships since the 1980s. A computer-based command and decision interface is the core of the Aegis combat system, which enables the system to operate simultaneously against hostile aircraft and missiles, surface ships, and submarines.
On this contract Lockheed Martin will do the work in Moorestown, N.J., and should be finished by February 2024. For more information contact Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems online at www.lockheedmartin.com, or the Missile Defense Agency at www.mda.mil.
Lockheed Martin to perform life cycle engineering on Navy Aegis Weapon System in 720 million contract
The Aegis Weapon System is a centralized, automated, command-and-control and weapons-control system for destroyers, cruisers, and land sites.
