The US Navy's Dual-Band Radar that equips its forthcoming Gerald R. Ford class super-carriers replaces several different radars with a single back-end. Merging Raytheon's X-band SPY-3 with Lockheed Martin's S-band VSR allows fewer radar antennas,
Given its mission and criticality, execution speed will enable MDA to make a down-select and award a production contract so NGI can be fielded before it’s needed.