Egis
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Egis or EGIS has a variety of meanings, including:
- An alternative spelling for aegisAegisAn aegis is a large collar or cape worn in ancient times to display the protection provided by a high religious authority or the holder of a protective shield signifying the same, such as a bag-like garment that contained a shield. Sometimes the garment and the shield are merged, with a small...
. - An acronym for Erieye Ground Interface Segment, militaryMilitaryA military is an organization authorized by its greater society to use lethal force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats. The military may have additional functions of use to its greater society, such as advancing a political agenda e.g...
software package which is part of the Erieye radarErieye radarThe Erieye radar system, is an Airborne Early Warning and Control System developed by Saab Microwave Systems of Sweden. It is based on the Active Electronically Scanned Array . The Erieye is used on a variety of aircraft platforms, such as the Brazilian Embraer E-99 or EMB-145...
and is sometimes confused with the Aegis combat systemAegis combat systemThe Aegis Combat System is an integrated naval weapons system developed by the Missile and Surface Radar Division of RCA, and now produced by Lockheed Martin...
. - Egis Nyrt. (Egis Plc.), a HungarianHungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
pharmaceutical company, based in KőbányaKobányaKőbánya is the 10th district of Budapest and one of the largest by territory. It is located in southeast Pest, easily accessible from the downtown by Metro 3, whose terminus is named Kőbánya-Kispest....
, Hungary. - Egis GroupEgis GroupEgis Group is a French engineering group involved in the areas of infrastructure and transport systems, planning, water and environment. Egis is also involved in the business of setting up projects and operations for roads and airports.- History :...
, a French engineering and consulting group. - Egis explosives detector, a gas chromatography-mass spectrometryGas chromatography-mass spectrometryGas chromatography–mass spectrometry is a method that combines the features of gas-liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry to identify different substances within a test sample. Applications of GC-MS include drug detection, fire investigation, environmental analysis, explosives investigation,...
-based explosives detector, manufactured by Thermo Detection (formerly Thermedics) - An acronym for Enterprise Geographic Information System, an integrated, multidepartmental GIS composed of interoperable components.