Aegis Combat System

Service And Conflict Use

1. Jan 1, 1973

   Engineering-development model installed on USS Norton Sound

   NAVSEA says the first engineering-development model of Aegis was installed on USS Norton Sound, giving the program its sea-based testbed.

   Sources: Aegis Combat System NAVSEA

2. Jan 1, 1983

   USS Ticonderoga commissions with Aegis

   The Navy fact file says USS Ticonderoga was the first Aegis ship, commissioning in 1983 and deploying six months later.

   Sources: AEGIS Weapon System Fact File

3. Apr 14, 2024

   Aegis BMD destroyers intercept Iranian ballistic missiles

   USNI News reported that USS Arleigh Burke and USS Carney, both fitted with Aegis combat system variants modified for ballistic-missile defense, fired SM-3 interceptors in the Eastern Mediterranean during the Iranian attack on Israel.

   Sources: SM-3 combat intercept report

4. Mar 25, 2025

   Aegis demonstrates against a hypersonic target

   Lockheed Martin reported that USS Pinckney used Aegis to detect, track, and engage a live advanced hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile target during Flight Test Other 40.

   Sources: Aegis hypersonic test

Aegis Combat System Images

Related Weapon Systems

Naval SystemsHobart-class air warfare destroyerGuided-missile destroyerThe Hobart-class air warfare destroyer is Australia's three-ship Aegis-equipped guided-missile destroyer class, based on Navantia's F100 frigate design and built by the Air Warfare Destroyer Alliance in Australia. The class is centered on air defense for accompanying ships, land forces, and coastal infrastructure while also carrying a helicopter, anti-ship missiles, and undersea-warfare systems.

Naval SystemsIntegrated Combat SystemScalable naval combat management systemLockheed Martin's Integrated Combat System is a scalable, netted combat management system for the U.S. Navy's surface fleet. It uses common software and compute infrastructure to speed fleetwide capability delivery, and Lockheed Martin says ICS-enabled baselines extend proven Aegis integrated air and missile-defense capability.

Naval SystemsRiver-class destroyerGuided missile destroyerThe River-class destroyer is Canada's future guided-missile destroyer class, based on BAE Systems' Type 26 design and being built as the Royal Canadian Navy's major new surface combatant. Canadian program documents describe a 15-ship class intended to replace the retired Iroquois-class destroyers and Halifax-class frigates, with SPY-7 radar, an Aegis-linked CMS 330 combat system, and a 127 mm main gun.

Air DefenseARBALET-K weapon stationShipborne air-defense weapon stationARBALET-K is a Ukrainian shipborne short-range air-defense weapon station from Luch that mounts Igla-type missiles for close-in defense against aircraft and helicopters.

ArtilleryArleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyerGuided-missile destroyerThe Arleigh Burke class is the U.S. Navy's principal guided-missile destroyer family, built around Aegis sensors, Mk 41 vertical launch cells, and multi-mission air, surface, subsurface, ballistic-missile-defense, and land-attack roles. In the United States-Iran Conflict, official U.S. imagery documented multiple DDG 51-class ships firing Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles during Operation Epic Fury.

MunitionsEvolved Sea Sparrow MissileShip self-defense missileThe Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile is a NATO-cooperative ship self-defense missile family built by Raytheon Missile Systems for surface combatants. U.S. Navy and RTX sources describe it as a medium-range radar-guided weapon for anti-ship cruise missiles, helicopters, and maneuvering surface threats, with Block 1 and Block 2 variants designed for VLS-equipped ships.

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