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Editors
Editor-in-Chief-Peter K. Willett
Associate Editor-in-Chief-David F.
Crouse
VP Publications-Maria S. Greco
AESS President-Joe Fabrizio
Executive Assistant, AESS-
Jane Buckingham

Contributing Editors
Awards-Erwin C. Gangl
Book Reviews Editor-Darin Dunham
Conferences-Mark Davis
Distinguished Lecturers &
Tutorials-Kathleen Kramer
Education-Kathleen Kramer
History-Hugh D. Griffiths
Student Research-Wenbo Dou,
Federico Lombardi
Technical Panels-Walter Downing
Tutorials Editor-W. Dale Blair
Website Updates-Judy Scharmann

Associate Editors and Areas of
Specialty
Scott Bawden-Energy Conversion
Systems
Erik Blasch, Roberto Sabatini-
Avionics Systems
Dietrich Franken-Communications,
Signal Processing, and Data Fusion
David Crouse-Target Tracking
Mauro De Sanctis-Signal Processing
and Communication in Aerospace
Systems
Michael Braasch-Navigation,
Positioning
Giancarmine Fasano-UAS
Daniel O'Hagan-Radar Systems
Open-Astronautic and Aeronautic
Systems
Haiying Liu-Control System
Engineering and Robotic Systems
Michael Cardinale-Electro-Optic and
Infrared Systems, Image Processing
Ruhai Wang-Systems Engineering
Peter Willett-Multi-Sensor Systems

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December 2019

ISSN 0885-8985

Volume 34 Number 12

COLUMN
In This Issue - Technically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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EDITORIAL
Cognitive Radar Special Issue - Part 1
S. Brueggenwirth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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FEATURE ARTICLES
An Overview of Cognitive Radar: Past, Present, and Future
S. Z. Gurbuz, H. D. Griffiths, A. Charlish, M. Rangaswamy,
M. S. Greco, K. Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Cognitive Radar Principles for Defence and Security Applications
M. Bockmair, C. Fischer, M. Letsche-Nuesseler, C. Neumann,
M. Schikorr, M. Steck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Cognitive Radar for Classification
S. Br€
utggenwirth, M. Warnke, S. Wagner, K. Barth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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A Cognitive Radar Testbed for Outdoor Experiments
R. Oechslin, S. Wieland, S. Hinrichsen, U. Aulenbacher, P. Wellig . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Development and Calibration of a Low-Cost Radar Testbed Based on the
Universal Software Radio Peripheral
J. M. Christiansen, G. E. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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NEWS AND INFORMATION
AESS Senior Members Elevated in 2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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2019 Aerospace & Electronics Systems Society Distinguished Lecturers . . .

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IEEE Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society Organization 2019 . . . . . . . .

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AESS Meetings & Conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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