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Aerospace and Electronic Editor-in-Chief-Maria S. Greco Associate Editor-in-Chief-Peter K. Willett Administrative Editor-William P. Walsh Ass't. Admin. Editor-Susanne J. Walsh Editor Emeritus-David B. Dobson VP Publications-W. Dale Blair AESS President-Teresa L. Pace Executive Assistant, AESS -Judy Scharmann 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, John Glass 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 Domenico Ciuonzo-Communications, Signal Processing, and Data Fusion David Crouse-Target Tracking Mauro De Sanctis-Signal Processing and Communication in Aerospace Systems Michael Braasch-Navigation, Positioning Daniel O'Hagan-Radar Systems Moriba Jah-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 IEEE Editors SYSTEMS m a g a z i n e August 2016 ISSN 0885-8985 Volume 31 Number 8 COLUMNS In This Issue - Technically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 From the Associate Editor-in-Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ARTICLES Cellular for the Skies: Exploiting Mobile Network Infrastructure for Low Altitude Air-to-Ground Communications Luis Afonso, Nuno Souto, Pedro Sebastião, Marco Ribeiro, Tiago Tavares, and Rui Marinheiro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Design of Telecommand Software for the Mars Orbiter Mission Mayur W. Bhilawe, K. K. Raghunandana, Vijaykumar Pujari, H. S. Vasudevamurthy, and N. Valarmathi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Pioneer Award: Statistical Antenna Theory: Formation and Extension Yakov S. Shifrin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Student Research Highlights: MACHe - Model-Based Algorithm for Classification of Helicopters Domenico Gaglione . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 NEWS AND INFORMATION Call for Papers: 2017 IEEE Radar Conference (RadarConf'17) . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 How to Reach Us IEEE Digital Member Digital Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 We welcome letters to the editor; but, we reserve the right to edit for space, style, and clarity. Include address and daytime phone number with your correspondence. VECTORS in Radar Technology Hugh Griffiths and Clayton Stewart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Email: sjwalsh4@gmail.com wpwalsh7@gmail.com rjanssen@allenpress.com Publishers: Send books for review to Darin Dunham, Lockheed Martin, 208 Buddy Tate Ln, Meridianville, AL 35759. If you have questions, contact Darin by e-mail at darin.t.dunham@lmco.com. Book Review: Facing the Unexpected in Flight Thomas B. Sheridan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 IEEE Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society Organization 2016 . . . . . . . . 47 2016 AESS Senior Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Meetings and Conferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . inside back cover

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