The Type 518 radar is a Chinese high-performance
L band
The L band is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) designation for the range of frequencies in the radio spectrum from 1 to 2 gigahertz (GHz). This is at the top end of the ultra high frequency (UHF) band, at the lower en ...
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
The Type 052D destroyer (NATO/ OSD Luyang III-class destroyer) is a class of guided-missile destroyers in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy. The Type 052D is a larger variant of the Type 052C; the Type 052D uses a canister-type, instead ...
.
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 Pulse compression is a signal processing technique commonly used by radar, sonar and echography to increase the range resolution as well as the signal to noise ratio. This is achieved by modulating the transmitted pulse and then correlating th ...
technology
* Low
sidelobe
In antenna engineering, sidelobes are the lobes (local maxima) of the far field radiation pattern of an antenna or other radiation source, that are not the '' main lobe''.
The radiation pattern of most antennas shows a pattern of "''lobes ...
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
See also
* Type 052
Luhu class destroyer
The Type 052 (NATO/ OSD Luhu-class destroyer is a class of destroyers developed in the People's Republic of China (PRC) for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). The Type 052 was an intermediate between the obsolescent Type 051Kirchberger ...
External links
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Sea radars
Military radars of the People's Republic of China