Cognitive Radar Special Issue—Part 1

Since the pioneering works by Simon Haykin and Joe Guerci over a decade ago, the field of cognitive radar has become well established in research and industry, as can be clearly seen by the growing number of special sessions, citations, and patents. The objective of this special issue is to provide the readers with both overview articles on the state of the art and philosophy behind cognitive radar, as well as implementation details and application examples. Due to the high number of excellent contributions, we were able to fill two special issues. This first part covers high-level concepts and cognitive radar architectures as well as first experimental achievements. The second part illustrates concrete applications and case studies of cognitive radar systems in practice.