The Type 518 radar is a Chinese high-performance L band long-range shipboard air surveillance radar. The Type 518 radar may be installed on destroyers or heavy tonnage naval vessels to detect long-range high-altitude aircraft in adverse natural noise and active electronic jamming environments.

The Type 518 has been installed and deployed on the Luhu-class destroyer and the Type 052D destroyer.

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).

Specifications

• L - band

• Wide frequency band, pulse-to-pulse frequency jump

• 4 phase code pulse compression technology

• Low sidelobe super cosecant squared antenna

• Counter electronic 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

References

See also

• Type 052 Luhu class destroyer

External links

• Nanjing Changjiang Machinery Group Co Ltd