Optimal Missile Evasion

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to formulate a method to determine the control strategies that maximize the probability of survival for an evading aircraft against an air-to-air missile. The missile model developed is a typical infrared missile using proportional navigation steering. The P(k) is modeled as ellipsoidal iso-cost surfaces with a cost value that decays exponentially. The problem terminates when the line-of-sight from the missile to the target aligns on the edge of the missile's fuzing cone angle. The algorithm developed employs a second order differential dynamic programming model which optimizes the controls of the evading aircraft.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA053267

Entities

People

  • Robert L. Smith

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Computations
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Differential Equations
  • Dynamic Programming
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Equations Of State
  • Flight Paths
  • Geometry
  • Line Of Sight
  • Navigation
  • Proportional Navigation

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Game Theory.
  • Missile Defense Systems.