In this work, a novel dual‐band orthogonally polarised, the shared‐aperture array is proposed for the L‐band and S‐band frequencies. An elliptical monopole antenna is used as a radiating element in the proposed array. In this design, the common inter‐element spacing is used for both the bands. Owing to this, L‐ and S‐band arrays have the same number of elements. The L‐band radiators are closely placed and designed taking the mutual coupling into account. The S‐band antenna follows the traditional array design process. The inter‐band coupling is reduced by using a metallic ridge in the reflector of the array. This array can be used in the dual‐band radar applications. The proposed methodology offers the modular, low‐profile and low‐cost solution for a large array. To verify the proposed concept, a prototype array of 4 × 4 elements for each band has been fabricated and tested.