Type 518 Radar

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The front view of Type 518 antenna
The front view of Type 518 antenna
The rear view of the Type 518 antenna
The rear view of the Type 518 antenna
A close up view of the antenna under testing
A close up view of the antenna under testing

The Type 518 radar is high performance L band long range shipboard air surveillance radar. The Type 518 radar maybe install in destroyer or heavy tonnage naval vessel to detect long range high altitude aircraft in adverse natural noise and active electric jamming environment.

The Type 518 have only been installed and deployed on the 2 units of the Luhu class destroyers.

It is manufactured and exported by the Nanjing Changjiang Machinery Group Co Ltd (南京长江机器集团电子装备有限公司).

[edit] Specifications

  • L - band
  • Wide frequency band, pulse-to-pulse frequency jump
  • 4 phase code pulse compression technology
  • Low sidelobe super cosecant square antenna
  • Counter electric countermeasure and noise suppression capability
  • Adaptive MTI filters for noise map and speed map are provided.
  • Interference analysis and selected transmission technology
  • Other reported names:
    • REL-2 (export, company)
    • Hai Ying

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