To better study hyperspectral imaging sensors and remote sensing system performance, different parts of the remote sensing system can be modeled.Here, a scientific overview of recent modeling techniques is presented to come up with an appropriate approach for modeling of a target detection system. In particular, this study focuses on the development in modeling of scene, sensors, and processing algorithms. Moreover, the parallelization of the detection methods is emphasized for which the process of target detection accelerates. In conclusion, an appropriate model to evaluate a target detection system can be a hybrid model in which hyperspectral sensors, radars, and local sensors have been modeled.