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'''Project MONITOR''' is an [[UEE]] military anti-fighter warship development project that leads to the development of the [[Aegis]] [[Hammerhead]]. The project was started in March [[2765]] by the UEE [[High Command]] as they issued a request for proposal (RFP) seeking a dedicated anti-fighter platform that could serve as both a key element of the standard fleet screen and as a cost-effective patrol ship to replace the aging [[Guine]]-class. [[Aegis Dynamics]] was tasked with developing this warship.<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=media/8srns703rujzbr/source/Hammerhead.pdf|text=The Aegis Hammerhead - Ship Brochure}}</ref>

Due to the United Empire of Earth’s aggressive military expansion of the [[28th century]], the UEE focused on technological development and modernization projects intended to prepare for open warfare with an equal or superior foe. A major part of this effort meant defining a more complex order of battle; where a single [[carrier]] or [[destroyer]] squadron would have once operated with impunity, they now looked to diversify their supply trains, command and control and immediate defense away from a single combat element. It was the immediate defense part that gives UEE the need to initiate Project MONITOR.<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=media/8srns703rujzbr/source/Hammerhead.pdf|text=The Aegis Hammerhead - Ship Brochure}}</ref>