A new modeling scheme for powered parafoil unmanned aerial vehicle platforms: Theory and experiments

A novel framework is established for accurate modeling of Powered Parafoil Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (PPUAV). The model is developed in the following three steps: obtaining a linear dynamic model, simplifying the model structure, and estimating the model mismatch due to model variance and external disturbance factors. First, a six degree-of-freedom linear model, or the structured model, is obtained through dynamic establishment and linearization. Second, the data correlation analysis is adopted to determine the criterion for proper model complexity and to simplify the structured model. Next, an active model is established, combining the simplified model with the model mismatch estimator. An adapted Kalman filter is utilized for the real-time estimation of states and model mismatch. We finally derive a linear system model while taking into account of model variance and external disturbance. Actual flight tests verify the effectiveness of our active model in different flight scenarios.     

太阳能飞机循环飞行的高度剖面能量策略

为满足设定的太阳能飞机多日连续飞行条件，依据飞行过程中当前时刻的飞行高度、光伏输出功率、动力电池组余量等系统状态参数，研究如何分配动力电池组充放电和电推进系统输入等功率。所用策略立足于实时功率平衡，充分利用正午前后的光伏峰值功率用于飞机爬升及充电，在午后下滑过程中利用全部光伏输出，以最大化利用光伏资源；在光伏有效输出不足时则以一定的维持功率下滑，使能量的综合损失最小。方法能够提高以预定夜间飞行高度连续多日续航的成功率，提升飞行高度、纬度、季节范围或搭载能力，或者拓展这几种飞行条件的组合域，优化太阳能飞机的适用性。     

基于DDPG算法的无人机集群追击任务

无人机的集群化应用技术是近年来的研究热点，随着无人机自主智能的不断提高，无人机集群技术必将成为未来无人机发展的主要趋势之一。针对无人机集群协同执行对敌方来袭目标的追击任务，构建了典型的任务场景，基于深度确定性策略梯度网络（DDPG）算法，设计了一种引导型回报函数有效解决了深度强化学习在长周期任务下的稀疏回报问题，通过引入基于滑动平均值的软更新策略减少了DDPG算法中Eval网络和Target网络在训练过程中的参数震荡，提高了算法的训练效率。仿真结果表明，训练完成后的无人机集群能够较好地执行对敌方来袭目标的追击任务，任务成功率达到95%。可以说无人机集群技术作为一种全新概念的作战模式在军事领域具有潜在的应用价值，人工智能算法在无人机集群的自主决策智能化发展方向上具有一定的应用前景。     

Optimization of bits allocation and path planning with trajectory constraint in UAV-enabled mobile edge computing system

In this paper, an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) enabled Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) system is studied, in which UAV acts as server to offer computing offloading service to the Mobile Users (MUs) with limited computing capability and energy budget. We aim to minimize the total energy consumption of MUs by jointly optimizing the bit allocation for uplink, computing at the UAV and downlink, along with the UAV trajectory in a unified framework. To this end, a trajectory constraint model is employed to avoid sudden changes of velocity and acceleration during flying. Due to high-order information in use, we lead to a more reasonable nonconvex optimization problem than prior arts. An Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM) method is introduced to solve the optimization problem, which is decomposed into a set of easy sub-problems, to meet the requirement on the efficiency in edge computing. Numerical results demonstrate that our approach leads a smoother UAV trajectory, significantly save the energy consumption for UAV during flying.     

一种地理围栏内无人机航迹跟踪方法

针对UTM体制中无人机在地理围栏内的飞行监视问题,提出一种约束状态相关模态转换混合估计算法(CSDTHE)。采用随机线性混杂系统模型对无人机运动状态进行建模,利用CV、CT和CA三种模态描述无人机的飞行状态,以构建地理围栏内无人机运行的通用模态转换模型框架。利用飞行模态改变点(FMCP)定义相关模态转换参数,设计模态转换条件,生成模态转换概率矩阵,从而建立与状态相关的模态转换模型。运用约束卡尔曼滤波(CKF)方法对直线阶段和转弯阶段的无人机运动速度分别施加等式约束,并通过仿真实验验证了CSDTHE算法对无人机跟踪的有效性。     

Distributed intelligent self-organized mission planning of multi-UAV for dynamic targets cooperative search-attack

This article studies the cooperative search-attack mission problem with dynamic targets and threats, and presents a Distributed Intelligent Self-Organized Mission Planning (DISOMP) algorithm for multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (multi-UAV). The DISOMP algorithm can be divided into four modules: a search module designed based on the distributed Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm, an attack module designed based on the Parallel Approach (PA) scheme, a threat avoidance module designed based on the Dubins Curve (DC) and a communication module designed for information exchange among the multi-UAV system and the dynamic environment. A series of simulations of multi-UAV searching and attacking the moving targets are carried out, in which the search-attack mission completeness, execution efficiency and system suitability of the DISOMP algorithm are analyzed. The simulation results exhibit that the DISOMP algorithm based on online distributed down-top strategy is characterized by good flexibility, scalability and adaptability, in the dynamic targets searching and attacking problem.     

小型固定翼无人机集群综述和未来发展综述

围绕小型固定翼无人机集群这一难度高、发展快、应用前景广阔、多学科交叉的新方向,从集群系统内涵、现有典型项目、关键技术3个角度综述了国内外小型固定翼无人机集群的研究现状。在系统梳理集群系统内涵和应用优势的基础上,从集群协同模式探索、分布指挥体系构建、核心关键技术突破和集群验证等4个视角总结现有典型项目,从体系架构、通信组网、决策与规划、飞机平台、集群飞行、集群安全与集群指控等7个核心点综述了技术研究现状。最后,综合小型固定翼无人机集群中亟需解决的关键技术,展望了这一领域未来的发展趋势。     

无人机空中加油自主会合制导律研究

典型的自主会合制导律主要包括基于在线估计的制导律和无需在线估计的制导律两大类,其中在线估计具有计算量大,实现复杂的缺点。提出了一种无需在线估计的制导律,在此基础上,文章进行了改善,一是借鉴导弹中的带落角约束的比例导引律,实现了一种同时满足航向和纵向自主会合要求的制导律形式,简化了制导律设计;二是引入了相对距离反馈与速度反馈进行相对距离控制,避免了速度控制指令设计的复杂化和开环控制鲁棒性差的缺点。最后,通过一个仿真例子证明了这种制导律方案原理可行,具有一定的工程应用价值。     

应召反潜时无人机监听航路的规划

浮标阵是航空反潜模式下应召搜潜时常用的一种反潜手段。在假设浮标阵已被布设完毕并且由无人机对其进行实时监听的前提下,文章重点研究了无人机监听航线的规划问题。首先,研究了浮标阵的布设及其特点,分析了无人机航路的代价问题;接着,根据浮标阵的特点规划出了无人机监听方形浮标阵的监听航路飞行方案,并对所规划航路的技术指标进行了分析和研究;最后,对无人机的监听航路进行了计算,计算结果表明文中所规划的方案是可行的,这为无人机监听浮标阵的实际应用提供了参考。     

无人机遥控驾驶关键技术研究与飞行品质分析

无人机遥控驾驶方式相对程控方式来说,在时间延迟、情景遥现、数据链性能优化以及飞行控制等方面的要求较高,而这些因素也成为了困扰无人机遥控驾驶发展和应用的关键.借鉴无人机技术验证平台地面闭环试验的结果,以时间延迟、数据链路性能为重点针对无人机遥控驾驶所面临的各种关键技术难点进行了深入的分析、研究,提出了合理的关键技术解决方...