The YLC-2 radar (domestic designation: LLQ303, formerly known as 385) is a three-dimensional main guidance and surveillance

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developed by the Nanjing Research Institute of Electronics Technology. In the mid-2000s, an improved version labeled YLC-2A was deployed to the PLA. Equipped with a new Giga-flops

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, it is capable of Digital

Moving Target Indication Moving target indication (MTI) is a mode of operation of a radar to discriminate a target against the clutter. It describes a variety of techniques used for finding moving objects, like an aircraft, and filter out unmoving ones, like hills or trees ...

(DMTI) and

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(CFAR) processing. An S-band variation called YLC-2U with similar capabilities was also developed for SAM guidance. Both of these advanced YLC-2 radars have been specifically designed to counter stealth fighters such as

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, with a claimed range of up to 200km even in heavy ECM environment.

Specifications

* L - band * Power Output: 5.5 KW * Peak Power: 85 KW * Detection range: >500km * Accuracy: range 200m * Azimuth: 360⁰ * Height: <500 m(R: <200km); 750 m(R: 300km) * Resolution range: <100m * Elevation 0.5⁰ - +20⁰ * MTI improvement factor: 44dB * Antenna aperture: 7m x 9m * Antenna sidelobe level: -35dB * Other features: ** Phased array system and pencil beam scan technology ** Wide band low sidelobe planar array antenna ** Monopulse angle measurement ** Frequency diversity ** Distributed high power solid-state transmitter ** Advanced programmable digital signal processing

Operators

* :Primary User * :YLC-18 radar * : YLC-18 Myanmar Air Force-radar-1

* :

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sold unknown number of YLC-2V radars to

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in 2014. *Bangladesh: On service of

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Air force since 2013.Order was placed in 2011.

References

External links

NRIET

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