A system, the system comprising: a set of antennas including a set of transmit antennas and a set of receive antennas; a digital beamformer; a processor operably connected to the set of antennas and the digital beamformer, the processor configured to: identify a set of orthogonal multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) signals, generate a first set of beams via the digital beamformer, and map the set of orthogonal MIMO signals into each of the generated set of beams, and a transceiver operably connected to the processor, the transceiver configured to: transmit, to a target scene via the set of transmit antenna of the set of antennas, a first signal based on the first set of beams; characterized in that the processor is further configured to: illuminate, using the set of orthogonal MIMO signals, the target scene with a same transmit beam of the first set of beams; and receive, via the set of receive antennas of the set of antennas, a second signal that is reflected or backscattered from the target scene based on a second set of beams wherein the processor is further configured to: identify, based on a targeted range, an operation mode comprising a MIMO operation mode, a hybrid of MIMO and beamforming operation mode, or a beamforming operation mode; transmit, the first signal based on the identified operation mode; and receive, the second signal based on the identified operation mode; and wherein the processor is further configured to apply the MIMO operation mode and the beamforming operation mode at alternating dwell times for simultaneous short-range and long-range operation. a set of antennas including a set of transmit antennas and a set of receive antennas; a digital beamformer; a processor operably connected to the set of antennas and the digital beamformer, the processor configured to: identify a set of orthogonal multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) signals, generate a first set of beams via the digital beamformer, and map the set of orthogonal MIMO signals into each of the generated set of beams, and identify a set of orthogonal multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) signals, generate a first set of beams via the digital beamformer, and map the set of orthogonal MIMO signals into each of the generated set of beams, and a transceiver operably connected to the processor, the transceiver configured to: transmit, to a target scene via the set of transmit antenna of the set of antennas, a first signal based on the first set of beams; characterized in that the processor is further configured to: illuminate, using the set of orthogonal MIMO signals, the target scene with a same transmit beam of the first set of beams; and receive, via the set of receive antennas of the set of antennas, a second signal that is reflected or backscattered from the target scene based on a second set of beams transmit, to a target scene via the set of transmit antenna of the set of antennas, a first signal based on the first set of beams; characterized in that the processor is further configured to: illuminate, using the set of orthogonal MIMO signals, the target scene with a same transmit beam of the first set of beams; and receive, via the set of receive antennas of the set of antennas, a second signal that is reflected or backscattered from the target scene based on a second set of beams illuminate, using the set of orthogonal MIMO signals, the target scene with a same transmit beam of the first set of beams; and receive, via the set of receive antennas of the set of antennas, a second signal that is reflected or backscattered from the target scene based on a second set of beams wherein the processor is further configured to: identify, based on a targeted range, an operation mode comprising a MIMO operation mode, a hybrid of MIMO and beamforming operation mode, or a beamforming operation mode; transmit, the first signal based on the identified operation mode; and receive, the second signal based on the identified operation mode; identify, based on a targeted range, an operation mode comprising a MIMO operation mode, a hybrid of MIMO and beamforming operation mode, or a beamforming operation mode; transmit, the first signal based on the identified operation mode; and receive, the second signal based on the identified operation mode; and wherein the processor is further configured to apply the MIMO operation mode and the beamforming operation mode at alternating dwell times for simultaneous short-range and long-range operation.