The Aegis Weapon System is a centralized, automated, command-and-control and weapons control ... The first ship of the DDG 51 class, USS Arleigh Burke, was commissioned on the Fourth of July ...

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 ...

and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works are under contract to build DDG 51 class ships. The Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are ...