Best Radar Technology Books of 2025

The AFOQT Study Guide: Air Force Officer Qualifying Test Prep Book (2023-2024) is a comprehensive guide by experienced educators at Military Prep Academy that covers every section of the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test. The book includes over 300 practice test questions and a detailed answer guide that explains how to arrive at the correct answer. Exam Success 2.0, a section of the book, provides expert tips and strategies to help readers maximize their test preparation and do their best on test day. This study guide is an excellent resource for anyone planning on taking the AFOQT.

The Instrument Procedures Handbook FAA-H-8083-16B is a comprehensive technical reference for pilots operating under instrument flight rules (IFR) in the National Airspace System. The handbook is an updated version of the FAA-H-8083-15B Instrument Flying Handbook, and it introduces advanced information for IFR operations. This book is a valuable resource for instrument flight instructors, pilots, and students, as it is used as a reference for the Airline Transport Pilot and Instrument Knowledge Tests and for the Practical Test Standards. The handbook also provides detailed coverage of instrument charts and procedures, including IFR takeoff, departure, en route, arrival, approach, and landing. Safety information is also included, covering relevant subjects such as runway incursion, land and hold short operations, controlled flight into terrain, and human factors issues. Overall, this handbook is an essential guide for anyone operating under IFR, and the updated version includes fixes for printing errors mentioned by previous reviewers.

Stimson's Introduction to Airborne Radar is an updated and expanded edition that covers the fundamentals of radar technology, applicable to air, ground, and sea-based personnel. The book is written in an understandable manner with extensive graphics and practical applications, making it an excellent textbook. Additionally, the book has been modernized to reflect changes in the past 20 years and is community-reviewed by over 100 radar experts from organizations worldwide. Overall, this book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in radar technology, and its unique full-color layout with an immense number of illustrations, figures, tables, and color photographs make it stand out from other books in the category.

The second edition of Principles of Modern Radar Volume 1: Basic Principles is a comprehensive textbook for college seniors, graduate students, and radar engineers. The book covers basic concepts such as the radar range equation, radar signal phenomenology, and descriptions of all the major subsystems of modern radars. It also includes signal and data processing techniques. The book is updated with new developments in radar hardware technology, signal processing, and applications while maintaining its focus on timeless basic principles. Overall, the book is an excellent reference for those interested in radar technology and provides a balance of qualitative explanation and quantitative rigor appropriate for its intended audience.

Fundamentals of Radar Signal Processing, Third Edition is a comprehensive guide to the foundational digital signal processing methods for pulsed and FMCW radar. The author, Mark A. Richards, Ph.D., has over 35 years of experience in radar signal processing, primarily at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and is a Fellow of the IEEE cited "for contributions to radar signal processing education." The book covers all the digital signal processing techniques that form the backbone of modern radar systems, using a unified tutorial approach. It also includes end-of-chapter problems and an online suite of tutorial MATLAB(R) demos. This third edition is fully updated for the latest advances, making it an excellent resource for anyone working in radar technology.

The Principles of Modern Radar: Basic Principles is a comprehensive and modern textbook that covers all major subsystems of modern radars, from the antenna to the advanced signal processors. The book adopts an appropriate level of quantitative rigor for the intended audience of students and new professional hires, making it a useful reference book for ongoing study or self-study. The extensive comments, corrections, and insights from over 50 professionals in academia, military, and commercial enterprises ensure that Principles of Modern Radar will meet the needs of modern radar educators and students worldwide. This book is a valuable addition to any radar technology enthusiast's library.

The Theory and Practice of Radar Target Identification is a comprehensive guide for implementing target identification solutions applicable to complicated man-made targets. The book is based on the author's earlier book and describes the improved technology and methods for identifying aircraft, ground vehicles, and ships. Unlike conventional radar practices, the book utilizes real data, and does not require the use of mathematical target models. The author's approach provides more accurate identification of targets. Overall, the book is a valuable resource for professionals in the radar technology field who are seeking to improve their knowledge and understanding of target identification.

This book is a comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of array signal processing, covering all modern applications from biomedicine to wireless communications. Optimum Array Processing provides a fundamental understanding of array processing, including waveform estimation, adaptive beamforming, parameter estimation, and signal detection. The book presents classical and statistical analysis and synthesis techniques for linear and planar arrays, and a statistical characterization of space-time random processes. The author provides realistic examples and practical applications of optimum algorithms, challenging problems, and more than 2,000 references. Overall, Optimum Array Processing is an excellent resource for researchers or implementation of actual array processing systems.

The Radar Handbook, Third Edition is a comprehensive guide to the entire field of radar technology, covering everything from fundamental concepts to the latest applications. Written by 30 experts in the field, this resource offers unsurpassed guidance on radar theory and applications, including MTI, pulse Doppler, and multifunctional radar systems for fighter aircraft. The Third Edition of the Radar Handbook includes new chapters on radar digital signal processing, radar in air traffic control, ground-penetrating radar, fighter aircraft radar, and civil marine radar, making it an essential reference for anyone working in the radar industry.

This book, titled "Range-Doppler Radar Imaging and Motion Compensation," delves into the processing techniques required for focusing radar images, with a focus on SAR/ISAR fundamentals. It covers topics such as motion parameter estimation, phase analysis, compensating the phase of a wide-band signal, and processing a wideband signal into a radar image. It is an essential guide for anyone looking to gain a deeper understanding of advanced SAR/ISAR imaging techniques. This book is a valuable resource for those interested in radar technology and its applications.