THE PROPOSED RADAR SYSTEM WILL ALLOW HIGH-RESOLUTION MAPPING AND FULL POLARIMETRY OF PLANETARY TARGETS SUCH AS THE MOON AND MARS WHILE USING TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN BE OPTIMIZED TO PRODUCE THE BEST POSSIBLE DATA SET FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SCIENCE GOALS. IN PARTICULAR NO PLANETARY SCIENCE RADAR HAS FLOWN THAT CAN EASILY PROVIDE MULTIPLE INCIDENCE ANGLE FULL-POLARIMETRY COVERAGE OF TARGETS AS WELL AS SCATTEROMETRY. THIS WORK IS IMPORTANT NOW BECAUSE THERE ARE NEARFUTURE MISSIONS SUCH AS A MARS ORBITER OR HUMAN EXPLORATION LUNAR PRECURSOR ORBITER THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM THIS TYPE OF RADAR. NO OTHER PLANETARY MISSIONS HAVE USED POLARIMETRIC DIGITAL BEAMFORMING AND EARTH SCIENCE RADARS HAVE ONLY RECENTLY BEGUN TO USE THIS TECHNOLOGY. THIS WORK WILL PROVIDE A NEXT GENERATION RADAR FOR PLANETARY SCIENCE DECADAL SURVEY GOALS.