The Type 354 was predominantly found on major People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) surface combatants such as the Luda class destroyer and Jianghu class frigate in the 1980s and 1990s.
Type 354 is the first generation low altitude air search radar indigenously developed by China.
Sea trials begun in 1972 and completed in the following year.
Certification received in January 1974, and production begun three months later.
[1] The radar can be recognised by its distinctive large "orange-peel" paraboloid reflector antenna.