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The set of transmit waveforms employed to perform the MIMO radar task is generated using FH codes. For each transmit antenna, the communication operation can be realized by embedding one phase symbol during each FH interval. However, as the radar channel is time-variant, it is necessary for a successive waveform optimization scheme to continually obtain target feature information. This research work aims at enhancing the target detection and feature estimation performance by maximizing the mutual information (MI) between the target response and the target returns, and then minimizing the MI between successive target-scattering signals. The two-step cognitive waveform design strategy is based upon continuous learning from the radar scene. The dynamic information about the target feature is utilized to design FH codes. 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