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This paper presents the results of the Software-defined Multiband Array Passive Radar (SMARP) project. The objective of the project was to design and realize a multiband passive radar demonstrator based on a software-defined solution and oriented to coastal surveillance applications. This work has been conceived in the framework of the Italian National Plan for Military Research. The project overall duration was 36 months and it was composed by three phases. The system concept and the results of each phase are presented in this paper.