YLC-15 is a fully coherent, Pulse Doppler air defence radar

Radar

Radar is an object-detection system which uses radio waves to determine the range, altitude, direction, or speed of objects. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain. The radar dish or antenna transmits pulses of radio...

 designed primarily to detect targets at ranges of up to 16 km. It also provides the capability to identify hovering helicopter

Helicopter

A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally...

s or low altitude cruise missile

Missile

Though a missile may be any thrown or launched object, it colloquially almost always refers to a self-propelled guided weapon system.-Etymology:The word missile comes from the Latin verb mittere, meaning "to send"...

s.

The YLC-15 radar features compact size, and light weight. Except for the antenna

Antenna (radio)

An antenna is an electrical device which converts electric currents into radio waves, and vice versa. It is usually used with a radio transmitter or radio receiver...

 and pedestal, the radar can be broken down into three sections each no more than 30 kg, can be mounted on any vehicles, which enable it especially suitable for small arm missions in the battlefield. The YLC-15 also exhibits outstanding performance in power consumption and reliability. Its target detection and ECCM capabilities considerably extend its operation in a severe battlefield environment. The radar has been shown mounted on the BJ212/BJ2020 jeep

Jeep

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 and its equivalent.

The manufacturer of the system is Nanjing Research Institute of Electronics Technology (NRIET) / Nanjing Institute No. 1 / 南京电子技术研究所.

Specifications

• Frequency range: S band
  S band
  The S band is defined by an IEEE standard for radio waves with frequencies that range from 2 to 4 GHz, crossing the conventional boundary between UHF and SHF at 3.0 GHz. It is part of the microwave band of the electromagnetic spectrum...
  
  
• Frequency bandwidth: 300 MHz
• Points of operation frequency: 15
• Max. Detection range: < 20 km RCS=2m², Pf=10-6, Pd=0.8
• Max. altitude: 6000 m
• Elevation: 0<60
• Azimuth: 360º
• For low attitude:
  • <16 km (at height of 100 m)
  • <7 km (at height of 50 m)
• Set-up time: 8 min
• Tear-down time: 6 min
• Operators: 1 or 2 (or unattended)
• MTBCF: 500hr MTTR: 0.5hr
• Other features:
  • High mobility
  • Fully coherent PD system
  • 3D target detection
  • One-dimension phased scanning array antenna
  • Full solid-state transmitter modules
  • Excellent ECCM capability
  • Display terminal with high performance