To enable virtualized Aegis Combat System operations, the Navy had to separate the hardware and the software, which traditionally have been developed, managed and modernized in tandem by prime ...

The Navy is requesting $133.5 million to research and develop the new destroyer in fiscal 2026, with the goal of procuring the first in the early 2030s.

The following is the July 14, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Navy DDG(X) Next-Generation Destroyer ...

Engagements with the Houthis have taught the Navy about when to fire cheaper weapons instead of expensive interceptors, Adm.

The Aegis Combat System is installed on the Navy's 62 Arleigh Burke class destroyers and another operational 22 Ticonderoga class cruisers. The system is made up of four large SPY-1D phased array ...

Lockheed Martin Corporation’s LMT segment, Rotary and Mission Systems (“RMS”), recently secured a modification contract for its AEGIS combat system. The award has been given by the Naval Sea ...

Teamed with the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system already deployed on the U.S. West Coast, Aegis could become part of a layered homeland defense capable of negating over 90% of the ...

The guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon fires an SM-2 missile during a live-fire exercise utilizing the Aegis combat system, in 2015 in the Pacific Ocean. Photo by Mass Communication Spec. 3rd ...

Lockheed Martin Corp.’s LMT business segment, Rotary and Mission Systems, recently clinched a modification contract involving AEGIS combat system. Valued at $30.5 million, the deal has been ...