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To: sukhoi-30mki
The dual-band radar cannot integrate two radar bands.

I know I guy who worked on dual band radar. It's basically two radars, an x-band and s-band radar, that are supposed to work together. X-band ( 10,000 MHz) is better at some things, S-Band (3,000 MHz) at others. There were two contractors, one working on S-Band, the other on X-Band and integration. He worked on X-Band. He thought the S-Band delivered by the other contractor was a brick. In any case, the Navy has said it will discontinue Dual Band Radar (not necessarily abandon the concept of two radars, the product DBR) after the CVN-78. It's a one-off.

21 posted on 07/22/2016 4:09:29 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (I'm not a smug know-it-all; I just want you to experience epistemological closure.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
So, it is not S-band search and track, X-band fire control?

Carriers do not need fire control with no missiles, so what was the driver for the higher range resolution?

81 posted on 07/22/2016 12:10:46 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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