Aegis Combat System
E1. Maritime security, geopolitics and riskDefinition
Although naval, integrates with maritime domain awareness picture for high-end threats.
Aegis is the US Navy’s integrated naval weapons system built around the AN/SPY phased-array radar and the MK 41 Vertical Launching System, controlling air, surface, and ballistic-missile defense for Ticonderoga-class cruisers and Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. First deployed on USS Ticonderoga (CG-47) in 1983, it fuses radar tracks with Standard Missile (SM-2/SM-6) and SM-3 interceptors. Though a warship system, Aegis platforms supply the high-end escort and maritime-domain-awareness picture that protects shipping lanes and high-value units in contested or war-risk waters.
Source: US Navy, Aegis Weapon System; first deployment USS Ticonderoga (CG-47), commissioned 1983