Aegis (disambiguation)

Aegis is the shield of the Greek god Zeus.

Aegis can also refer to:

Physics

• AEGIS (astronomy), the All-Wavelength Extended Groth Strip International Survey
• AEGIS (particle physics), the Antimatter Experiment: Gravity, Interferometry, Spectroscopy

Communications

• LG Aegis, a mobile phone from LG Electronics

Computing

• Aegis (management software), a change management system used for software development
• AEGIS (network), a network authentication system popular in 802.1x networks

Media

• Aegis Group plc, an independent British research, media planning and buying company
• The Aegis, a weekly newspaper based in Harford County, Maryland
• The Aegis is the annually produced yearbook for Dartmouth College.

Medicine

• AIDS Education and Global Information System (AEGIS), a database of AIDS information

Music

• Aégis, an album by the Norwegian band Theatre of Tragedy
• Aegis (band), a pop group from the Philippines

Military technology

• Aegis combat system, a US Navy-originated missile guidance & combat system
• Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System, an American-made missile defense system
• Aegis Defence Services, a British-based security services company
• Kimber Aegis, a model 1911 hand-gun made by the Kimber Manufacturing company

Role-playing games

• AEGIS (Freedom City), a government organization in the Mutants and Masterminds setting
• AEGIS, a secret government organization dedicated to monitoring extraterrestrial and supernatural activity in Conspiracy X

Security

AEGIS Security Services is a security training company.

Video games, comics and cartoons

• Aegis (comics), a Marvel superhero who uses a mystical breast plate to create forcefields.
• Aegis (Lady of All Sorrows), a female cosmic being in the Marvel universe
• GAT-X303 Aegis Gundam, a prominent Gundam in the Gundam Seed series
• AEGIS (Ragnarok Online), the software used to run official Ragnarok Online servers
• Aegis Wing, a side-view scrolling shooter game on Xbox Live Arcade
• A.E.G.I.S., a global organization formed to combat threats from an invading species in the anime Gate Keepers.
• Aegis/Aigis, a android in the role-playing game Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3

African Studies

• AEGIS (African Studies) Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies, network of African Studies Centres in Europe