A forward looking radar imaging system comprising: a transmit antenna adapted to transmit a radar pulse to illuminate a target region extending in a range direction and in an azimuth direction; a receive antenna divided into a plurality of array segments (506, 510), wherein the receive antenna is adapted to receive a radar return from the target region and to simultaneously generate a plurality of return signals associated with corresponding ones of the plurality of array segments; a range processor adapted to receive the plurality of return signals from the receive antenna and to divide them into a plurality of range slices, wherein each one of the plurality of range slices comprises a plurality of azimuth signals associated with corresponding ones of the plurality of array segments, wherein each of the plurality of azimuth signals is acquired from the radar return; at least one modulation-transfer-function processor adapted to receive the plurality of azimuth signals from one of the plurality of range slices at a time and to auto-correlate the plurality of azimuth signals to generate a plurality of spatial-frequency signals; at least one Fourier transform processor adapted to receive the plurality of spatial-frequency signals and to generate an inverse Fourier transform of the spatial-frequency signals to generate an azimuth image slice associated with the one of the plurality of range slices received by the at least one modulation-transfer-function processor; and an image processor adapted to combine azimuth images slices associated with ones of the plurality of range slices to create a two-dimensional radar image. a transmit antenna adapted to transmit a radar pulse to illuminate a target region extending in a range direction and in an azimuth direction; a receive antenna divided into a plurality of array segments (506, 510), wherein the receive antenna is adapted to receive a radar return from the target region and to simultaneously generate a plurality of return signals associated with corresponding ones of the plurality of array segments; a range processor adapted to receive the plurality of return signals from the receive antenna and to divide them into a plurality of range slices, wherein each one of the plurality of range slices comprises a plurality of azimuth signals associated with corresponding ones of the plurality of array segments, wherein each of the plurality of azimuth signals is acquired from the radar return; at least one modulation-transfer-function processor adapted to receive the plurality of azimuth signals from one of the plurality of range slices at a time and to auto-correlate the plurality of azimuth signals to generate a plurality of spatial-frequency signals; at least one Fourier transform processor adapted to receive the plurality of spatial-frequency signals and to generate an inverse Fourier transform of the spatial-frequency signals to generate an azimuth image slice associated with the one of the plurality of range slices received by the at least one modulation-transfer-function processor; and an image processor adapted to combine azimuth images slices associated with ones of the plurality of range slices to create a two-dimensional radar image.