A side-looking High Resolution Wide Swath Synthetic Aperture Radar, HRWS-SAR, system (100; 300; 400) comprising: an antenna array comprising a plurality of antenna elements, wherein the antenna array is adapted and arranged to transmit and receive electromagnetic waves; a beamforming network including a plurality of true time delay lines, TTDLs, and a plurality of phase shifters , wherein the plurality of TTDLs is arranged and connected to the plurality of phase shifters , wherein each of the plurality of phase shifters is arranged and connected to a respective one of the plurality of antenna elements, wherein the beamforming network engages with the antenna array to transmit the electromagnetic waves by performing beamsteering across a swath under use of a pulse, which has a chirped waveform and a transmit pulse duration, and wherein beamsteering is performed based on an increasing or decreasing frequency of the chirped waveform over the transmit pulse duration, and the beamforming network engages with the antenna array to receive, during a receive time window, the electromagnetic waves reflected from the swath; and wherein the swath is defined as ground range between a first point on ground and a second point on ground, wherein the first point and the HRWS-SAR system (100; 300; 400) are distant by a first slant range and the second point and the HRWS-SAR system (100; 300; 400) are distant by a second slant range, characterized in that the transmit pulse duration is aligned with a difference between the travel durations of the echoes from the first slant range and the second slant range such that the echoes arrive at the antenna array at substantially the same time, and wherein the receive time window is shorter than the transmit pulse duration. an antenna array comprising a plurality of antenna elements, wherein the antenna array is adapted and arranged to transmit and receive electromagnetic waves; a beamforming network including a plurality of true time delay lines, TTDLs, and a plurality of phase shifters , wherein the plurality of TTDLs is arranged and connected to the plurality of phase shifters , wherein each of the plurality of phase shifters is arranged and connected to a respective one of the plurality of antenna elements, wherein the beamforming network engages with the antenna array to transmit the electromagnetic waves by performing beamsteering across a swath under use of a pulse, which has a chirped waveform and a transmit pulse duration, and wherein beamsteering is performed based on an increasing or decreasing frequency of the chirped waveform over the transmit pulse duration, and the beamforming network engages with the antenna array to receive, during a receive time window, the electromagnetic waves reflected from the swath; and wherein the swath is defined as ground range between a first point on ground and a second point on ground, wherein the first point and the HRWS-SAR system (100; 300; 400) are distant by a first slant range and the second point and the HRWS-SAR system (100; 300; 400) are distant by a second slant range, characterized in that the transmit pulse duration is aligned with a difference between the travel durations of the echoes from the first slant range and the second slant range such that the echoes arrive at the antenna array at substantially the same time, and wherein the receive time window is shorter than the transmit pulse duration. <EOS>