Editorial: Selected papers from IEEE RadarCon 2008, Rome

This special issue is based on a selection of the innovative ideas and trends presently growing in the international radar community, as expressed by the contributions presented at the 2008 IEEE Radar Conference (http:// www.radarcon2008.org). This conference is one of a series of radar conferences promoted by the IEEE Aerospace and Electronics Systems Society, and has always been held in the United States. For the first time in 2008, the conference was held in Rome Italy, which largely stimulated the participation of European scientists and the conference achieved an extraordinary attendance