YLC-2 Radar

Summary

The YLC-2 radar (domestic designation: LLQ303, formerly known as 385) is a three-dimensional main guidance and surveillance radar developed by the Nanjing Research Institute of Electronics Technology.

CETC YLC-18 3D Radar – Sri Lanka Air Force

In the mid-2000s, an improved version labeled YLC-2A was deployed to the PLA. Equipped with a new Giga-flops digital signal processor, it is capable of Digital Moving Target Indication (DMTI) and Constant false alarm rate (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 F-22, with a claimed range of up to 200km even in heavy ECM environment.

Specifications edit

  • 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 edit

  •   China :Primary User
  •   Sri Lanka :YLC-18 radar
  •   Pakistan : YLC-18
  •   Myanmar :China sold unknown number of YLC-2V radars to Myanmar in 2014.[1]
  • Bangladesh: On service of Bangladesh Air Force Air force since 2013.Order was placed in 2011.

References edit

  1. ^ China's People, Military (4 September 2014). "外媒:中国售缅甸机动雷达 巴基斯坦评价不错". Archived from the original on 25 December 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2020.

External links edit

  • NRIET
  • PLA Air Defence Radars Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0103[permanent dead link]