Editing Multistatic radar (section)

[[File:Multistatic system.jpg|thumb|A multistatic radar system]]

A '''multistatic radar''' system contains multiple spatially diverse [[monostatic radar]] or [[bistatic radar]] components with a shared area of coverage.  An important distinction of systems based on these individual [[radar]] geometries is the added requirement for some level of [[data fusion]] to take place between component parts.
The spatial diversity afforded by multistatic systems allows different aspects of a target to be viewed simultaneously.  The potential for information gain can give rise to a number of advantages over conventional systems.

Multistatic radar is often referred to as "multisite" or "netted" radar and is comparable with the idea of [[macrodiversity]] in communications. A further subset of multistatic radar with roots in communications is that of [[MIMO radar]].