Three-dimensional midcourse guidance using neural networks forinterception of ballistic targets

A suboptimal midcourse guidance law is obtained for interception of free-fall targets in the three-dimensional (3D) space. Neural networks are used to approximate the optimal feedback strategy suitable for real-time implementation. The fact that the optimal trajectory in the 3D space does not deviate much from a vertical plane justifies the use of the two-dimensional (2D) neural network method previously studied. To regulate the lateral errors in the missile motion produced by the prediction error of the intercept point, the method of feedback linearization is employed. Computer simulations confirm the superiority of the proposed scheme over linear quadratic regulator guidance and proportional navigation guidance as well as its approximating capability of the optimal trajectory in the 3D space     

基于纯比例导引的拦截碰撞角约束制导策略

拦截碰撞角约束制导是当前导弹制导研究的关键问题之一。首先基于理想比例导引（IPN）律拦截非机动目标的解析解,推导了纯比例导引律（PPN）拦截固定目标的解析解,得到了弹目相对距离、制导指令加速度和导弹前置角的显示表达式,并进一步得到了拦截碰撞角与弹目相对运动状态和比例导引系数之间的解析表达式。其次,基于该解析表达式,提出了基于PPN的拦截碰撞角约束制导策略（PPNIACG）,并探讨了在铅垂面内进行落角约束打击和水平面内进行拦截碰撞角约束打击的2种实现方式。最后,以弹道成型制导律（TSG）和最优碰撞角约束制导律（OIACG）为参考,通过数值仿真算例,对PPNIAC的拦截性能进行了对比分析,验证了所提出制导策略的有效性和正确性。     

Launch Envelope Optimization of Virtual Sliding Target Guidance Scheme

This paper presents an optimization of the performance of a recently proposed virtual sliding target (VST) guidance scheme in terms of maximization of its launch envelope for three-dimensional (3-D) engagements. The objective is to obtain the launch envelope of the missile using the VST guidance scheme for different lateral launch angles with respect to the line of sight (LOS) and demonstrate its superiority over kinematics-based guidance laws like proportional navigation (PN). The VST scheme uses PN as its basic guidance scheme and exploits the relation between the atmospheric properties, missile aerodynamic characteristics, and the optimal trajectory of the missile. The missile trajectory is shaped by controlling the instantaneous position and the speed of a virtual target which the missile pursues during the midcourse phase. In the proposed method it is shown that an appropriate value of initial position for the virtual target in 3-D, combined with optimized virtual target parameters, can significantly improve the launch envelope performance. The paper presents the formulation of the optimization problem, obtains the approximate models used to make the optimization problem more tractable, and finally presents the optimized performance of the missile in terms of launch envelope and shows significant improvement over kinematic-based guidance laws. The paper also proposes modification to the basic VST scheme. Some simulations using the full-fledged six degrees-of-freedom (6-DOF) models are also presented to validate the models and technique used.     

New reference trajectory optimization algorithm for a flight management system inspired in beam search

With the objective of reducing the flight cost and the amount of polluting emissions released in the atmosphere, a new optimization algorithm considering the climb, cruise and descent phases is presented for the reference vertical flight trajectory. The selection of the reference vertical navigation speeds and altitudes was solved as a discrete combinatory problem by means of a graphtree passing through nodes using the beam search optimization technique. To achieve a compromise between the execution time and the algorithm's ability to find the global optimal solution, a heuristic methodology introducing a parameter called ‘‘optimism coefficient was used in order to estimate the trajectory's flight cost at every node. The optimal trajectory cost obtained with the developed algorithm was compared with the cost of the optimal trajectory provided by a commercial flight management system(FMS). The global optimal solution was validated against an exhaustive search algorithm(ESA), other than the proposed algorithm. The developed algorithm takes into account weather effects, step climbs during cruise and air traffic management constraints such as constant altitude segments, constant cruise Mach, and a pre-defined reference lateral navigation route. The aircraft fuel burn was computed using a numerical performance model which was created and validated using flight test experimental data.     

Impact time control guidance against maneuvering targets based on a nonlinear virtual relative model

Aiming at the problem of high-precision interception of air-maneuvering targets with impact time constraints, this paper proposes a novel guidance law based on a nonlinear virtual relative model in which the origin is attached to the target. In this way, the original maneuvering target is transformed into a stationary one. A polynomial function of the guidance command in the range domain with two unknown coefficients is introduced into the virtual model, one of the coefficients is determined to ...     

Ideal proportional navigation for exoatmospheric interception

Ideal proportional navigation (IPN) is a natural choice for exoatmospheric interception for its mighty capture capability and ease of implementation. The closed-form solution of two- dimensional ideal proportional navigation was conducted in previous public literature, whereas the practical interception happens in the three-dimensional space. A novel set of relative dynamic equations is adopted in this paper, which is with the advantage of decoupling relative motion in the instantaneous rotation plane of the line of sight from the rotation of this plane. The dimension-reduced IPN is constructed in this instantaneous plane, which functions as a three-dimensional guidance law. The trajectory features of dimension-reduced IPN are explored, and the capture regions of dimension-reduced IPN with limited acceleration against nonmaneuvering and maneuvering targets are analyzed by using phase plane method. It is proved that the capture capability of IPN is much stronger than true proportional navigation (TPN), no matter the target maneuvers or not. Finally, simulation results indicate that IPN is more effective than TPN in exoatmospheric interception scenarios.     

基于反预警的反拦截中段规避突防策略

为了充分挖掘多脉冲机动突防的潜力,提高弹道导弹中段机动突防能力,提出一种基于反预警的反拦截中段规避突防策略。首先,分别以脉冲点火点及点火间隔为搜索节点与步长,视敌方拦截系统为威胁源并转化为航迹规划中的约束条件,将多脉冲弹道的设计问题转化成无人机避障航迹的规划问题。然后,在综合考虑敌方探测系统延迟和拦截系统部署及性能的基础上,选取最优的脉冲点火参数。最后,研究了脉冲增量和探测系统延迟对多脉冲规划的影响。仿真结果表明:所提出的突防策略通过多脉冲机动增加敌方预测误差,使其不能收敛与准确预警,当敌方的预测误差收敛且准确预警时,导弹却处于其拦截范围之外,无法进行拦截;能根据获取的最新战场信息,在线下60s内设计出一条多脉冲突防弹道。此外,还能根据任务的需求,提高(降低)导弹的飞行高度、平均飞行速度,缩短(增加)20%~35%的飞行时间。     

非合作目标交会的双层MPC全局轨迹规划控制

针对空间非合作目标近距离视线交会中的全局最优鲁棒轨迹规划与控制问题,提出了基于高斯伪谱方法（GPM）和线性时变模型预测控制（LTVMPC）的双层模型预测控制（MPC）算法。在轨迹规划方面,以视线坐标系下的相对轨道动力学为模型、能量最少和控制精度最优为性能指标构建最优控制问题,利用GPM精度高、收敛速度快的特点将最优控制问题转化为易于求解的全局非线性规划问题,在MPC框架下求解得到全局最优的标称轨迹,克服了传统的MPC不适用于全局大范围非线性规划的缺点;在轨迹跟踪控制方面,考虑预测时域内状态转移矩阵的时变特性,设计了LTVMPC算法对标称轨迹进行追踪,避免了存在不确定性时轨迹的重规划,从而降低在线计算量,保证算法在线自主实施,并且采用滚动优化的策略使算法对不确定性具有鲁棒性。由于规划层和控制层考虑的约束相同,因此规划的轨迹是可控、可达的。数字仿真表明,在燃料消耗和交会时间等方面,提出的方法均显著优于传统的MPC方法,相较于传统的MPC方法,新算法的交会时间减少50%左右,燃料消耗降低30%以上。     

空间多机器人协同的多视线仅测角相对导航

研究了空间多机器人对非合作目标的多视线协同仅测角相对导航问题。为利用多视线信息融合提升仅测角相对导航性能,给出了一种可观测度优化的多视线仅测角相对导航方法。首先基于二阶CW方程构建了中心机器人与目标相对动力学模型和状态方程,并构建了仅包含多伴飞机器人视线角的观测方程,结合扩展卡尔曼滤波算法,形成多视线仅测角相对导航系统;然后分析推导得到可观度最优的视线间夹角条件,提出了兼顾可观测度和长期自然维持的多伴飞机器人观测构型优化方法;最后,数学仿真结果表明,提出的多视线仅测角相对导航系统、可观测度最优的视线夹角条件和观测构型优化方法,可以显著提高距离状态可观测度和估计性能,且具有较好的工程可用性。     

空间目标逆轨网捕拦截停泊轨道的优化设计

为了提高对空间目标的拦截成功率,可采用拦截器从停泊轨道转移进入拦截轨道逆轨网捕拦截的方式。利用椭圆弹道理论,讨论和分析了该拦截方式停泊轨道优化问题的描述、模型的建立及优化的方法。计算结果表明,对该拦截方式所建立的模型和采用的优化方法满足逆轨拦截对轨道设计的要求,可为空间快速拦截应用提供理论借鉴和参考。     

Three-dimensional time-varying sliding mode guidance law against maneuvering targets with terminal angle constraint

This paper deals with the problem of intercepting maneuvering targets with terminal angle constraints for missiles subjected to three-dimensional non-decoupling engagement geometry.To achieve the finite-time interception and satisfactory overload characteristics, a time varying sliding mode control methodology is developed based on a time base generator function. The main feature of the proposed guidance law guarantees the Line-of-Sight(LOS) angles to converge to small neighborhoods of the desir...     

Two-phase guidance law for impact time control under physical constraints

An impact-time-control guidance law is required for the simultaneous attack of suicide attack unmanned aerial vehicles. Based on the nonlinear model, a two-phase guidance strategy is proposed. The impact time is derived in a simple analytical form of initial states and switching states, and it can be controlled by switching at an appropriate range. Firstly, a two-phase guidance law is designed to make the magnitude of the heading error decrease monotonically from its initial value to zero. And then, the feasible interval of the switching ranges and of the impact times under the acceleration constraint are given analytically in sequence. Furthermore, a general form of two-phase guidance law is proposed, which allows the magnitude of the heading error to increase in the first phase, to improve the applicability of the methodology. Having the same structure as proportional navigation guidance with a time-varying gain, the proposed algorithms are simple and easy to implement. The corresponding feedback form is presented for realistic implementation. When a predefined impact time is taken within its permissible set, the constraints on the acceleration and field-of-view will not be violated during the interception. Finally, simulations validate the effectiveness of the methodology in impact time control and salvo attack.     

顺轨拦截模式剩余飞行时间估计方法

匹配顺轨和逆轨拦截模式的估计方法是精确计算剩余飞行时间(TGO)的必要条件,适用于逆轨拦截模式的TGO估计方法并不适于顺轨拦截模式。为此,针对顺轨拦截模式,分别提出了拦截机动/非机动目标的TGO估计方法。通过对线性制导方程的变形求解出了拦截弹的飞行弧长,并根据预测的碰撞点位置求得了TGO估计的解析式。该求解方法通用性强,适用于弹道成型制导律的TGO估计。以负比例(RPN)和扩展RPN(ARPN)为制导框架,与经典方法进行对比,所提出的TGO估计方法精确度高,能够有效提高导弹的制导性能。     

A tracking algorithm for maneuvering targets

A methodology for the tracking of maneuvering targets is presented. A quickest-detection scheme based on the innovation sequence is developed for a prompt detection of target maneuvers. The optimal length of a sliding window that minimizes the maneuver detection delay for a given false-alarm rate is determined. After maneuver detection, the system model is modified by adding a maneuver term. A recursive algorithm is proposed to estimate the maneuver magnitude. With this estimate, a modified Kalman filter is used for tracking. Simulation results demonstrate the superior performance of the algorithm, especially during target maneuvers     

Empirical virtual sliding target guidance law design: an aerodynamic approach

We present a novel empirical virtual sliding target (VST) guidance law for the midcourse phase of a long range surface-to-air missile that uses the simplicity of the conventional proportional navigation (PN) guidance law while exploiting the aerodynamic characteristics of a missile's flight through the atmosphere to enable the missile to achieve superior performance than that achieved by conventional PN guidance laws. The missile trajectory emulates the trajectory of an optimal control based guidance law formulated on a realistic aerodynamic model of the missile-target engagement. The trajectory of the missile is controlled by controlling the speed of a virtual target that slides towards a predicted intercept point during the midcourse phase. Several sliding schemes, both linear and nonlinear, are proposed and the effect of the variation of the sliding parameters, which control the sliding speed of the virtual target, on the missile performance, are examined through extensive simulations that take into account the atmospheric characteristics as well as limitations on the missile in terms of the energy available and lateral acceleration limits. Launch envelopes for these sliding schemes for approaching and receding targets are also obtained. These results amply demonstrate the superiority of the proposed guidance law over the conventional PN law.     

Direct dynamic-simulation approach to trajectory optimization

This paper proposes a new direct method for an efficient trajectory optimization using the point that the dynamics of a deterministic system are uniquely determined by initial states and controls imposed over the time horizon of interest. To effectively implement this concept, the Hermite spline is adopted to interpolate the continuous controls and the system dynamics are integrated with corresponding control parameters in prior. As a result, the optimal control problem can be transcribed into a nonlinear programming problem which has no dynamic equality constraints and no intermediate states in its design variables. In addition, the paper proposes an efficient recursive Jacobian estimation technique and introduces a Jacobian transformation matrix to straightforwardly handle the general state constraints. Important properties of the present method are thoroughly investigated through its applications to the trajectory optimization for a soft lunar landing from a parking orbit, including the detailed analyses for the de-orbiting phase. The computed results are compared with those using the pseudo-spectral method to demonstrate an extreme outperformance of the proposed method in the aerospace applications over the traditional direct method.     

大气层内模型预测静态规划拦截中制导

在临近空间机动目标拦截中,拦截器的初始动力段对中制导段乃至末端拦截性能具有重要影响。在模型预测静态规划（MPSP）理论基础上提出了一种初、中制导联合规划制导方法,旨在解决多阶段、快速、最优拦截轨迹规划和制导问题。首先,提出了一种改进的模型预测静态规划方法,该方法不仅可以满足终端约束,还可以生成最优初始状态,并在性能指标中考虑状态变量相关函数。其次,基于等效阻力模型建立了包含动力段与非动力段的两段规划模型,通过采用分段离散以及构建关机点变分关系的方法,避免了内点约束的引入,使MPSP算法可直接求解该两段规划问题。最后,结合提出的MPSP算法以及两段规划模型,实现了终端速度最优的拦截轨迹规划,结合目标预测方法,实现了对机动目标的预测拦截。仿真结果表明,本文方法可提高制导精度和终端速度,且能更好满足对机动目标的拦截需求。     

Optimal trajectory design accounting for the stabilization of linear time-varying error dynamics

This study is dedicated to the development of a direct optimal control-based algorithm for trajectory optimization problems that accounts for the closed-loop stability of the trajectory tracking error dynamics already during the optimization. Consequently, the trajectory is designed such that the Linear Time-Varying(LTV) dynamic system, describing the controller’s error dynamics, is stable, while additionally the desired optimality criterion is optimized and all enforced constraints on the traje...     

A study of morphing aircraft on morphing rules along trajectory

Morphing aircraft can meet requirements of multi-mission during the whole flight due to changing the aerodynamic shape, so it is necessary to study its morphing rules along the trajectory. However, trajectory planning considering morphing variables requires a huge number of expensive CFD computations due to the morphing in view of aerodynamic performance. Under the given missions and trajectory, to alleviate computational cost and improve trajectory-planning efficiency for morphing aircraft, an offline optimization method is proposed based on Multi-Fidelity Kriging (MFK) modeling. The angle of attack, Mach number, sweep angle and axial position of the morphing wing are defined as variables for generating training data for building the MFK models, in which many inviscid aerodynamic solutions are used as low-fidelity data, while the less high-fidelity data are obtained by solving viscous flow. Then the built MFK models of the lift, drag and pressure centre at the different angles of attack and Mach numbers are used to predict the aerodynamic performance of the morphing aircraft, which keeps the optimal sweep angle and axial position of the wing during trajectory planning. Hence, the morphing rules can be correspondingly acquired along the trajectory, as well as keep the aircraft with the best aerodynamic performance during the whole task. The trajectory planning of a morphing aircraft was performed with the optimal aerodynamic performance based on the MFK models, built by only using 240 low-fidelity data and 110 high-fidelity data. The results indicate that a complex trajectory can take advantage of morphing rules in keeping good aerodynamic performance, and the proposed method is more efficient than trajectory optimization by reducing 86% of the computing time.     

防空导弹任务规划与协同控制技术研究

针对防空导弹拦截群目标的任务需求，提出了多弹协同作战框架。考虑到实际拦截过程中弹目相对速度和角度较大的问题，建立了导弹拦截目标的能力预测模型，以确保分配结果处于导弹攻击能力范围内，并采用了改进的粒子群优化算法进行任务分配。然后为了兼顾协同制导和命中精度的要求，基于弹道成型和偏置比例导引的思想，结合一致性理论，设计了多弹时间/角度协同制导律。最后通过4枚导弹拦截3个目标的典型场景仿真，证明了方案的有效性。