The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System (Aegis BMD or ABMD), also known as Sea-Based Midcourse, is a United States Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency program developed to provide missile defense against short to intermediate-range ballistic missiles.The program is part of the United States national missile defense strategy and European NATO missile …

The AN/SPY-1 is a United States Navy 3D radar system manufactured by Lockheed Martin.The array is a passive electronically scanned system and a key component of the Aegis Combat System.The system is computer controlled and uses four complementary antennas to provide 360-degree coverage. The system was first installed in 1973 on USS Norton Sound and …

The aegis (/ ˈ iː dʒ ɪ s / EE-jis; Ancient Greek: αἰγίς aigís), as stated in the Iliad, is a device carried by Athena and Zeus, variously interpreted as an animal skin or a shield and sometimes featuring the head of a Gorgon.There may be a connection with a deity named Aex or Aix, a daughter of Helios and a nurse of Zeus or alternatively a mistress of Zeus (Hyginus, Astronomica 2. 13).

Essar Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate and construction company, founded by Shashi Ruia and Ravi Ruia in 1969. Essar Global Fund Limited (EGFL) controls a number of assets across the core sectors of energy (oil refining, oil and gas exploration and production, power), infrastructure (ports, projects), metals and mining, and services (shipping, oilfield …

Dentsu International (previously Dentsu Aegis Network) is a multinational media and digital marketing communications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Japanese advertising and public relations firm Dentsu.Its principal services are communications strategy through digital creative execution, media planning and …

Aegis Lady of All Sorrows. Aegis is a fictional character, a cosmic entity appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as an enemy of Galactus. Created by writer Keith Giffen and artist Andrea DiVito, the character first appeared in Annihilation: Silver Surfer #3 (August 2006).

The Kongō class (こんごう型護衛艦, Kongō-gata Goeikan) of guided-missile destroyers in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force are equipped with the Aegis Combat System, and is the first of few ship classes outside the United States to have that capability. Following a decision made in December 2003, Japan is upgrading their Kongo-class destroyers with Aegis Ballistic Missile …

The RIM-67 Standard ER (SM-1ER/SM-2ER) is an extended range surface-to-air missile (SAM) and anti-ship missile originally developed for the United States Navy (USN). The RIM-67 was developed as a replacement for the RIM-8 Talos, a 1950s system deployed on a variety of USN ships, and eventually replaced the RIM-2 Terrier as well, since it was of a similar size and fitted …

The RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) is a ship-based surface-to-air missile system used by the United States Navy to intercept short- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles as a part of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. Although primarily designed as an anti-ballistic missile, the SM-3 has also been employed in an anti-satellite capacity against a satellite at the lower …

Die Aigis (altgriechisch αἰγίς, Gen. αἰγίδος, lateinisch aegis, -idis, davon deutsch Ägis) ist ein Gegenstand aus der griechischen Mythologie.Ihr Aussehen ist nicht einheitlich überliefert. Bei Homer deutet das Wort im Falle des „Aigis-Trägers“ (αἰγίοχος aigiochos) Zeus häufig auf einen (Ziegenfell-)Schild hin, den dieser auch Apollon leiht.