The phrase "a aegis" is not correct in written English; it should be "an aegis." You can use it when referring to protection, support, or sponsorship, often in a formal or literary context.
Example: "The project was developed under the aegis of the university's research department."
Alternatives: "under the protection of" or "with the support of."
It successfully annihilated an unarmed warhead which had been fired into space from a US Army site on Kwajalein Atoll in the western Pacific Ocean.The warhead was tracked by two American naval vessels: a destroyer equipped with an Aegis anti-missile system and a $900m floating offshore oil-rig, which had been kitted out with a highly sophisticated active phased-array X-band radar.
All of the postponed tests would utilize an Aegis radar on a surface ship to track a ballistic missile and interceptor, and collect other data.
(AP) — The Pentagon said late Saturday that it is investigating why a Navy submarine collided with an Aegis cruiser during routine operations at an undisclosed location.
Finally, she learned the exact locations of five military craft -- two planes, one Black Hawk helicopter, a Coast Guard cutter and an Aegis cruiser -- that had been within 200 miles of T.W.A. 800 when it fell into the ocean.
(AP) — The Pentagon is investigating a collision over the weekend involving a Navy nuclear submarine and an Aegis cruiser off the East Coast.
On Thursday, the Lake Erie, an Aegis guided missile cruiser, will try to shoot down a missile launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii.
The American vessel recently deployed to waters off the Korean Peninsula, an Aegis cruiser, will remain there "for the foreseeable future," said a Defense Department official.
"Shortly after liftoff an Aegis radar system in the Yellow Sea detected the move," a military official was quoted as saying.
Suppose the United States could dispatch an Aegis cruiser to the region with instructions to intercept any ballistic missile fired by either side.
Mr. Biden said an Aegis sea-based system with missiles based off the North Korean coast would let the United States intercept the missiles in their ascents.
According to the United States European Command, Patriot air defense batteries, an Aegis ballistic missile defense ship and related air defense systems will be deployed and integrated with Israeli equipment as part of an overall air defense network.
