Shipboard radar experts at the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) are asking a select group of 18 U.S. defense contractors to turn their attention to advanced shipboard radar technology that reduces the number of radar antennas on Navy ships by using integrated, multi-function, multi-beam arrays.
ONR officials issued a request for information for the Integrated Topside (InTop) Flexible Distributed Array Radar (FlexDAR) concept to develop a scalable family of radar antennas for several classes of Navy surface warships and submarines. Navy officials caution that this RFI is not yet a formal solicitation.
