The Type 518 radar is 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 electric jamming environments.

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

Luhu class destroyer

The Type 052 Luhu-class was one of the first modern multi-role guided missile destroyers built by China. There are currently two units in active service with the People's Liberation Army Navy with no plans of further construction of additional units.-History:Designed by the China Warship Design...

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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 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