aegis Archives - Defense Daily http://www.defensedaily.com/tag/aegis/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:18:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.defensedaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-dd-icon-150x150.png aegis Archives - Defense Daily http://www.defensedaily.com/tag/aegis/ 32 32 U.S. Approves Sales Of Aegis Support To Japan, Vehicles To Lebanon https://www.defensedaily.com/u-s-approves-sales-of-aegis-support-to-japan-vehicles-to-lebanon/international/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:18:30 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1239824 The Japanese Aegis-equipped guided-missile destroyer JS Maya (DDG-179) fires an SM-3 Block IIA missile against a T4-E target mimicking a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) on November 16, 2022 in a U.S.-Japan joint test off the coast of Hawaii. (Photo: Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force)

]]> Lockheed Martin Starts Land-Based Testing Of Japan’s Aegis Ship SPY-7 Radar https://www.defensedaily.com/lockheed-martin-starts-land-based-testing-of-japans-aegis-ship-spy-7-radar/international/ Tue, 30 Sep 2025 20:43:21 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1225809 Lockheed Martin began testing of the Aegis System Equipped Vessel (ASEV)’s SPY-7 radar shipset 1 system in September 2025 at the company’s Moorestown, NJ Production and Test Center (PTC). After all testing is complete the four antenna panels will be shipped to Japan for installation on the two new ships under production. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

]]> Lockheed Martin Wins Another $2.97 Billion Contract To Upgrade Aegis Over Next Decade https://www.defensedaily.com/lockheed-martin-wins-another-2-97-billion-contract-to-upgrade-aegis-over-next-decade/navy-usmc/ Wed, 02 Jul 2025 17:57:35 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1212534 The first Arleigh Burke-class Flight III guided-missile destroyer, the future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) undergoing sea trials. (Photo: HII)

]]> Lockheed Martin Nabs $479 Million Japan FMS For Aegis Vessel Equipment https://www.defensedaily.com/lockheed-martin-nabs-479-million-japan-fms-for-aegis-vessel-equipment/international/ Mon, 02 Dec 2024 22:03:43 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1194064 Artist impression of an Aegis System Equipped Vessel (ASEV) published by the Japanese Ministry of Defense in its 2023 Defense White Paper. (Image: Japan Ministry of Defense)

]]> U.S. OKs $150 Million Sale Of Aegis Technical Support To Japan https://www.defensedaily.com/u-s-oks-150-million-sale-of-aegis-technical-support-to-japan/international/ Wed, 04 Sep 2024 21:01:23 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1185217 The Japanese Aegis-equipped guided-missile destroyer JS Haguro (DDG-180) fires an SM-3 Block IB missile against an unspecified short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) target on November 19 off the coast of Hawaii in a joint U.S.-Japan missile defense test (Photo: Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force)

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