Guidance of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Abstract

Basics of Guidance Guidance Process Missile Guidance Guidance of Cruise Missiles and UAVs Representation of Motion Line-of-Sight Longitudinal and Lateral Motions Control of Lateral Motion Parallel Navigation Proportional Navigation: Planar Engagement Proportional Navigation: Three-Dimensional Engagement Augmented Proportional Navigation Proportional Navigation as a Control Problem Augmented Proportional Navigation as a Control Problem When Is the PN law Optimal? Control of Longitudinal and Lateral Motions Guidance Correction Controls Lyapunov Approach to Control Law Design Bellman-Lyapunov Approach: Optimal Guidance Parameters Modified Linear Planar Model of Engagement General Planar Case Three-Dimensional Engagement Model Generalized Guidance Laws Modifies Generalized Guidance Laws Examples Analysis of Proportional Navigation Guided Systems in Time Domain Inertialess PN Guidance System Method of Adjoints Analysis of Proportional Navigation Guided Systems in the Frequency Domain Adjoint Method: Generalized Model Frequency Domain Analysis Steady-State Miss Analysis Weave Maneuver Analysis Example Frequency Analysis and Miss Step Response Bounded Input-Bounded Output Stability Frequency Response of the Generalized Guidance Model Design of Guidance Laws Implementing Parallel Navigation: Frequency-Domain Approach Neoclassical Missile Guidance Pseudoclassical Missile Guidance Example Systems Guidance Law Performance Analysis Under Stochastic Inputs Brief Discussion of Stochastic Processes Random Target Maneuvers Analysis of Influence of Noises on Miss Distance Effect of Random Target Maneuvers on Miss Distance Computational Aspects Examples Filtering Guidance of UAVs Basic Guidance Laws and Vision-Based Navigation Generalized Guidance Laws for UAVs Guidance of a Swarm of UAVs Obstacle Avoidance Algorithms Testing Guidance Laws Performance Forces Acting on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Reference Systems and Transformations Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Dynamics Autopilot and Actuator Model Seeker Model Filtering and Estimation Kappa Guidance Lambert Guidance Simulation Models of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Integrated Design Integrated Guidance and Control Model Synthesis of Control Laws Integration and Decomposition Guidance Laws for Boost-Phase Interceptors Launched from UAVs Kill Vehicles for Boost-Phase Defense Development of the Missile Model and Selection of Guidance Law Parameters Endgame Requirements and the Comparative Analysis of Efficiency of Guidance Laws Advanced Guidance Laws Applied to Boost Stage Interceptor's Performance With Axial Control Comparative Analysis with Lambert Guidance Appendices