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Tuesday, May 04, 2010

U.S. Navy's Dual Band Radar Achieves X- and S-Band Milestone

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)For the first time, the U.S. Navy has successfully tracked targets with a multiband radar featuring a common radar suite controller.

This milestone, which took place at the Navy's Engineering Test Center, Wallops Island, Va., was accomplished through the use of an engineering development model of the Dual Band Radar (DBR) developed by the Navy's prime contractor, Raytheon Company , and its subcontractor Lockheed Martin Corporation.

The DBR tracked a target simultaneously at both X- and S-band frequencies. This is the most advanced naval radar in the world and will provide advanced surveillance and ship missile-defense capabilities for the Zumwalt-class destroyer (DDG 1000) and Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 78) in both deep water and littoral environments.

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