The Navy built the first Aegis cruisers using the hull and machinery designs of Spruance class destroyers. The commissioning of USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) opened a new era in surface warfare as the ...

these ships were the first designed at the project stage to incorporate the AEGIS combat management system. The Ticonderoga-class cruisers, accepted into service a few years earlier, were ...

Twenty-seven Ticonderoga-class cruisers were built ... the increased combat capability offered by the Aegis Combat System and ...

Like the larger Ticonderoga-class cruisers, DDG 51's combat capability centers around the Aegis Weapon System (AWS). AWS is composed of the SPY-1D multi-function phased array radar, advanced AAW ...