An ultra wideband radar system for detecting objects where at least one of
the radar system or the object is moving. The radar may be scanned in at
least one dimension, which may include angle or range. The system
includes a scan combiner that combines scan information in accordance
with a trajectory characteristic of a moving object and/or of a moving
platform on which the radar resides. Scans may be combined by integration
or filtering. A fast calculation method is described wherein the scans
are combined into subsets and subsets are shifted in accordance with the
trajectory characteristics before further combination. The scan
information is combined in accordance with trajectory characteristics to
enhance the object signal to noise. Further features are described
wherein the scan information is combined according to a family of
candidate trajectories and/or object positions.