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This Month's Covers.... Front and Back Covers: Ultra-high resolution Coherent Change Detection SAR image from the Thales BRIGHT SPARK Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) sensor. The inset shows two sheep, and their tracks in a field. BRIGHT SPARK is a Dstl Experimental SAR system designed, built, and operated by THALES UK. It is a Ka-band sensor providing unprecedented resolution and was used as a technical demonstration of the 'art of the possible'. For more information, see the News and Information article by Hugh Griffith and Clayton Stewart, "VECTORS in Radar Technology," pages 41-45 in this issue. IEEE AESS PUBLICATIONS BOARD W. Dale Blair, VP-Publications, Chair Maria Greco, Editor-in-Chief, Systems Lance M. Kaplan, Editor-in-Chief, Transactions Michael D. Rice, Editor-in-Chief, Quarterly Email Blast (QEB) William P. Walsh, Administrative Editor Susanne J. Walsh, Ass't Admin. Editor Peter K. Willett, Associate Editor-inChief, Systems Rita A. Janssen, Managing Editor, Systems & Transactions IEEE AESS Society The IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society is a society, within the framework of the IEEE, of members with professional interests in the organization, design, development, integration and operation of complex systems for space, air, ocean, or ground environments. These systems include, but are not limited to, navigation, avionics, spacecraft, aerospace power, mobile electric power & electronics, military, law enforcement, radar, sonar, telemetry, defense, transportation, automatic test, simulators, and command & control. Many members are concerned with the practice of system engineering. All members of the IEEE are eligible for membership in the Society and receive the Society magazine Systems upon payment of the annual Society membership fee. The Transactions are unbundled, online only, and available at an additional fee. For information on joining, write to the IEEE at the address below. Member copies of publications are for personal use only. THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, INC. Barry L. Shoop, President & CEO Karen Bartleson, President-Elect Parviz Famouri, Secretary Jerry Hudgins, Treasurer Howard E. Michel, Past President S. K. Ramesh, Vice President - Education Activities Sheila Hemani, Vice President - Publication Services and Products Wai-Choong Wong, Vice President - Member and Geographic Activities Bruce P. Kraemer, President, IEEE Standards Association Jose M. F. Moura, Vice President - Technical Activities Peter Allen Eckstein, President, IEEE - USA IEEE AEROSPACE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS MAGAZINE® (ISSN 0885-8985; USPS 212-660) is published monthly by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Responsibility for the contents rests upon the authors and not upon the IEEE, the Society/Council, or its members. IEEE Corporate Office: Three Park Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10016-5997, USA. IEEE Operations Center: 445 Hoes Lane, P.O. Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ 08855-4141, USA. NJ Telephone: 732-981-0060. Price/Publication Information: Individual copies: IEEE member $20.00 (first copy only), nonmembers $63.00 per copy. (Postage and handling charge not included.) Member and nonmember subscription prices available upon request. Available in microfiche and microfilm. Copyright and reprint permissions: Abstracting is permitted with credit to the source. Libraries are permitted to photocopy for private use of patrons; provided the per copy fee indicated in the code at the bottom of the first page is paid through the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. For all other copying, reprint, or republication permissions, write to the Copyrights and Permissions Department, IEEE Publications Administration, 445 Hoes Lane, P.O. Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ 08855-4141. Copyright © 2016 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. All rights reserved. Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY, and at additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE, 445 Hoes Lane, P.O. Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ 08855-4141. GST Registration No. 125634188. CPC Sales Agreement #40013087. Return undeliverable Canada addresses to: Pitney Bowes IMEX, P.O. Box 4332, Stanton Road, Toronto, ON M5W 3J4, Canada. Printed in the United States of America.

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