Dual-Band Radar Questioned For Future Ford-Class Carriers

FORT WASHINGTON, Md. — The U.S. Navy is rethinking whether to put the dual-band radar (DBR) suite on subsequent next-generation aircraft carriers after the first-of-class CVN-78 Gerald R. Ford, says Ken Mahler, vice president at Newport News Shipbuilding, the Huntington Ingalls Industries unit that...

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