Systems and methods for enhancing target detection

A system for determining a spatial disposition or a characteristic of a target, said system comprising:

• a radar antenna array and one or more transceivers operably coupled to said radar antenna array, wherein said radar antenna array and said one or more transceivers are configured to be mounted on a terrestrial vehicle, wherein said radar antenna array and said one or more transceivers are configured to (i) transmit successive radar pulses, and (ii) receive a plurality of signals corresponding to at least a subset of said successive radar pulses, which plurality of signals is generated upon the at least said subset of said successive radar pulses interacting with said target, wherein an effective sensitivity pattern associated with said radar antenna array and obtained from said plurality of signals comprises a main lobe and a side lobe, wherein said side lobe comprises an aliasing side lobe;
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• at least one controller operatively coupled to said radar antenna array, wherein said at least one controller is configured to (i) use (a) spatial information of said terrestrial vehicle obtained using a vehicle position sensor while said terrestrial vehicle is in motion and (b) a spatial configuration of said radar antenna array when said radar antenna array is mounted to said terrestrial vehicle, to attenuate said side lobe relative to said main lobe or enhance said main lobe relative to said side lobe, thereby providing an enhanced main lobe, and (ii) use said enhanced main lobe to determine said spatial disposition or said characteristic of said target.