Type 518 radar

The Type 518 radar is a Chinese high performance L band long range shipboard air surveillance radar. The Type 518 radar may be installed in 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 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).

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