Rear Admiral Wayne Eugene Meyer is regarded as the "Father of Aegis" for his 13 years of service as the Aegis Weapon System Manager and later the founding project manager of the Aegis Shipbuilding Project Office. He retired from the United States Navy in 1985 as the Deputy Commander for Weapons and Combat Systems, Naval Sea Systems, Naval Sea Systems Command and Ordnance Officer of the Navy.
Rear Admiral Wayne E. Meyer, USN
Pulling the plug to de-energize the 100th Aegis Weapons System to be delivered the Navy November 27, 2006
Christening party at the USS Wayne E. Meyer Christening at Bath Iron Works October 18, 2008
Stern view of the USS Wayne E. Meyer prior to launching October 18, 2008
The Aegis Combat System is an American integrated naval weapons system, which uses computers and radars to track and guide weapons to destroy enemy targets. It was developed by the Missile and Surface Radar Division of RCA, and it is now produced by Lockheed Martin.
USS Lake Champlain (CG-57), a Ticonderoga-class Aegis-equipped guided missile cruiser, launched in 1987. Beginning with USS Bunker Hill (CG-52), this version is equipped with the Mark 41 VLS, whereas earlier versions were equipped with the Mark-26 twin-arm missile launcher system.
USS Norton Sound in 1980. The installation containing the fixed radar arrays of the AN/SPY-1A system can be seen mounted at the top of the forward superstructure
BMD maneuvers (October 6, 2022)
JS Haguro（DDG-180）launching SM-3 Block IB missile (November 19, 2022)
