The invention discloses a radar mode control system which mainly comprises a mode control cabinet, and a leveling mechanism, a lifting mechanism, an azimuth rotating mechanism, an array plane pitching mechanism and a monitoring terminal which are mutually connected with the mode control cabinet, the mode control cabinet is used for providing a plurality of control modes to control the leveling mechanism, the lifting mechanism, the azimuth rotating mechanism and the array plane pitching mechanism so as to complete the erection and withdrawal of a radar array plane, the lifting of the radar array plane and the control, debugging and maintenance of a radar system; and the monitoring terminal is used for monitoring and operating the mode control cabinet in real time. The invention further discloses a radar mode control method. A local control mode, a remote control mode and a maintenance mode are adopted to control the radar system to complete erecting, withdrawing and lifting of a radar array plane and control, debugging and maintenance of the radar system. The operation is simple and realization is easy.