![]() The P-18 shares many similarities with the earlier P-12NA and like the P-12 it is mounted on two Ural-4320 truck chassis. P-18 receiver with digital MTI (top left) The whole equipment is repackaged into a standard container and already sold in several dozen units. It is now solid state, digitized and fitted with upgraded IFF system, while allowing to utilise also the legacy IFF. Also Retia, a Czech civil and military electronics company, developed its own, fundamental modernisation of the P-18 under the name ReVEAL. Currently, the Russian-Belarusian company Defense Systems provides upgrades for P-18 radars. The P-18 was superseded by the 1L13 "Nebo" VHF surveillance radar in 1984. These upgraded variants of the P-18 can be referred to as the P-18M, P-18-1 or P-18-2 depending on the manufacturer, modification and radar nationality. ![]() NNIIRT offers an upgrade package for the P-18 which includes the installation of a solid state transmitter and receiver, automatic jammer suppression equipment as well as PC based signal processing, test and interface equipment. The P-18 is still in service today and was widely exported, many companies offer upgrade options to improve the performance and reliability of the radar and to replace out-dated components. In 1979 a new secondary IFF radar the 1L22 "Parol" entered into service to complement the P-18, unlike the previous secondary radar NRS-12 (NATO "Score Board") the new interrogator was carried on a separate truck. Lenin who developed the previous P-12, the predecessor of the current Nizhny Novgorod Research Institute of Radio Engineering (NNIIRT). The P-18 was developed by the SKB Design Bureau, a division of State Plant No.197 named after V. The P-18 early warning radar is a development of the earlier P-12 radar, the P-18 radar being accepted into service in 1970 following the successful completion of the program.
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