Carrier Faces Cost Risks With Dual-Band Radar, CRS Says

The U.S. Navy’s proposed upgraded radar suite for its next class of aircraft carriers could up the ante on vessel costs, a recent Congressional Research Service (CRS) report says. The next-generation CVN-78 Ford carrier class is slated to get a dual-band radar (DBR) suite, with an X-band SPY-3...

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