Lockheed Martin's Vice President and General Manager of Integrated Systems and Sensors Business Line, Paul Lemmo, and Indra's Managing Director of Transport and Defense, Ignacio Mataix, finalized the agreement at an event held at Navantia's headquarters in Madrid.

The signing was preceded by the signing of a contract between Lockheed Martin and Navantia to equip the five Spanish F110 frigates and the Ground Systems Center (CIST), where the system tests will be carried out, with S-band radars.

Within the framework of this agreement is the contract with Indra, which includes the supply of critical elements to carry out the digital transmission and reception of each radar.

This is also the first of the contracts that Indra hopes to be awarded during the construction phase of the five frigates to equip them with the sensors carried by their integrated mast.

The S-band anti-aircraft radar is one of the ship's key sensors, providing it with superiority and control in the operational area.
It is a fully digitalized system built with hundreds of small, independent blocks or tiles. Its flat facets, distributed around the mast, minimize the ship's radar cross-section.

Thanks to these blocks or tiles, the system can operate as if it had several radars working simultaneously, giving it its multifunctional capability. For example, it can operate as a long-range radar and integrate missile control, while simultaneously tracking multiple targets.