The Aegis Weapon System is a centralized, automated, command-and-control and weapons control system that was designed as a total weapon system, from detection to kill. The heart of the system is ...

Its Aegis ballistic-missile defense system is already capable and can be more so with certain upgrades. North Korea continues to test its nuclear weapons and its means to deliver them, including ...

Defense Minister Taro Kono has halted deployment plans for the Aegis Ashore missile interception system, a national security project hampered by rising costs, safety concerns, research blunders ...

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 ...

Japan is considering an offshore missile interception system to replace the land-based Aegis Ashore plan, but some defense officials have voiced opposition because a sea-based alternative may not ...