US Patent 9057605 Bistatic synthetic aperture ladar system

In one aspect, ladar system includes a ladar transmitter system and a ladar receiver system configured to receive data from the transmitter. The ladar transmitter system and the ladar receiver system are disposed in a configuration forming a bistatic synthetic aperture ladar system. In one example, the ladar transmitter system is configured to be disposed in a vehicle and the ladar receiver system is configured to be stationary.