Guidance Research Towards Reduced Miss Distances

Abstract

This Final Technical Report describes the continued validation of a new non-orthodox guidance law, compensating for the estimation delay due to noisy measurements. The guidance law was developed, based on a linearized planar interception model of constant velocities and fixed lateral acceleration bounds. The estimation process of noisy measurements was approximated by a delay in the estimated target acceleration. This delay was partially compensated by solving a deterministic delayed information pursuit-evasion game model. The reported validation effort is an extension of earlier results included in an Interim Technical Report, submitted last year. It includes the summary of a great number of Monte Carlo simulations against two types of assumed target maneuvers. The results show that for each type of maneuver a different estimator/guidance law combination has to be used for obtaining the best homing accuracy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA408479

Entities

People

  • Josef Shinar
  • Vladimir Turetsky

Organizations

  • Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aircrafts
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Databases
  • Estimators
  • Guidance
  • Interception
  • Maneuvers
  • Measurement
  • Miss Distance
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Rocket Engines
  • Simulations
  • Tactical Ballistic Missiles
  • Three Dimensional
  • Validation

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.