Aegis Combat System: Evolving to adapt to tomorrow’s threats

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As warfighters look for ways to defeat ever-evolving threats on land, sea, in the air, and cyberspace, the Aegis Combat System offers scalability and flexibility to integrate new capabilities and processes, thanks to its deployment of the Common Source Library. Learn more about the Aegis Combat System: https://lmt.co/2ORzDwm

The video by Lockheed Martin discusses the evolution and capabilities of the Aegis Combat System. Here is a detailed breakdown of its content:

Original Mission and Purpose: The system wa

s originally designed with the primary mission of protecting aircraft carriers and acting as the "shield of a fleet" [00:06], [00:17]. It is described as a premier combat management syst

em [00:17].

Core Technology: The SPYR-1 radar serves as the core of the system's success, originally created to form a protective dome or bubble around the fleet [00:24], [00:30].

Adapta

bility and Evolution: Over time, the platform has expanded beyond its initial anti-air warfare mission against near-peer threats [00:14], [01:14]. It now integrates a common source libra

ry across international ships, Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), the Coast Guard, and Aegis Ashore [01:14].

Future Threats and Technologies: The system continues to adapt to modern challenges

such as cyber threats, high-speed threats, and smaller radar cross-section targets [01:30]. New technologies like laser weapon systems are also being introduced onboard ships to stay ah

ead of future defensive warfare demands [01:43], [02:01].

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Aegis Combat System: Evolving to adapt to tomorrow’s threats

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Viewer Discussion & Comments

@lachlanlandreth9069

Aussie Hobart Class representing!

@lovaravonimanantsoa8583

Outstanding, keep-up the good work 👍

@kauaigold

Spotted some of the PMRF crew. Keep up the good work Lockheed

@anto4us

Wow super cool 👍🏻

@davidchristensen6908

Peace through strength. I believe this 110%. I want the USA military always to have the best toys in the battlefield. Moving forward the more integrated the systems are air, sea and land the better for our young men and women that are there to fight. We may not have the best weapon in all categories, you can’t as things evolve. I want the best systems we possibly can have and hacking other nations computers and networks is just as important as what guns our men and women carry into combat. The future is the layers of systems and the last key is best trained. Like in Layette Gulf the Japanese had the USA out gunned out maned out everything. The USA navy had good training the captains in charge of those destroyer had the best tactic, best trained crew and equipment that was best we could make. The navy did not have any battle ships nor top line carriers but the pilots of the plains we had were the best trained and that skill paid off. The small fleet fought like a fleet larger then it was leading the Japanese to think there were more ships then there really were. Build the military the best fighting equipment you can, I will pay my share of the taxes for it.

@brycegorrell1911

What data was gathered from the test just off Long Island on July 17, 1996?

@yelectric1893

Does it all!

@johnalbritton1044

I remember RCA tech living on the USS Ticonderoga as Aegis system had bugs worked out.

@AugmentedGravity

2:07 Yes. Put it on the Missouri.

@MrPikkabo

This is the song that started it all for me. I've drank, smoked, dropped, rolled and simply existed to this song for so many year. Thank you so much for this, Nahko.

@antoniogoeantoro267

have you not thought about making a hypersonic anti-weapon missile defense system to ward off df15 df17 df21 df26 or df100 missiles, for example, making a new sm7 missile with super high speed mach 10+.

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@stratosjoebar

What about that russian mig that blacked down you ship some years ago?

@Battleship009

Could an Aegis ship share data with a non Aegis ship like say an Iowa?

@Sanga_Hmar650

Can i work in Lockheed