Differential Game Based Guidance Law for High Angle of Attack Missiles

Abstract

A nonlinear differential game theoretic intercept guidance law for short range missiles is derived. Differential geometric transformations are used to convert the nonlinear missile and the target models into a convenient form for the formulation and solution of the guidance problem. Guidance law is then derived using the necessary conditions for optimality. Due to the inclusion of all the significant nonlinearities in the formulation, the guidance law is useful in advanced missiles executing large angle of attack maneuvers. The guidance law performance is illustrated in air-to-surface and air-to-air intercept missions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA436373

Entities

People

  • G. B. Chatterji
  • P. K. Menon

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Forces
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Automatic Pilots
  • Control Systems
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Flight
  • Flight Control Systems
  • Flight Paths
  • Game Theory
  • Guidance
  • High Angles
  • Intercept Trajectories
  • Mach Number
  • Trajectories

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Game Theory.
  • Missile Defense Systems.