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Cooperative line-of-sight guidance strategy with prescribed performance and input saturation against active defensive aircraft in two-on-two engagement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 January 2025

X. Wang Open the ORCID record for X. Wang [Opens in a new window] ,
T. Chao ,
M. Hou ,
S. Wang  and
M. Yang
X. Wang
Affiliation:
Control and Simulation Center, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China National Key Laboratory of Complex System Control and Intelligent Agent Cooperation, Harbin, China
T. Chao
Affiliation:
Control and Simulation Center, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China National Key Laboratory of Complex System Control and Intelligent Agent Cooperation, Harbin, China
M. Hou
Affiliation:
Center for Control Theory and Guidance Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
S. Wang
Affiliation:
Control and Simulation Center, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China National Key Laboratory of Complex System Control and Intelligent Agent Cooperation, Harbin, China
M. Yang*
Affiliation:
Control and Simulation Center, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China National Key Laboratory of Complex System Control and Intelligent Agent Cooperation, Harbin, China
*
Corresponding author: M. Yang; Email: myang_hitcsc@163.com
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Abstract

This paper considers the guidance issue for attackers against aircraft with active defense in a two-on-two engagement, which includes an attacker, a protector, a defender and a target. A cooperative line-of-sight guidance scheme with prescribed performance and input saturation is proposed utilising the sliding mode control and line-of-sight guidance theories, which guarantees that the attacker is able to capture the target with the assistance of the protector remaining on the line-of-sight between the defender and the attacker in order to intercept the defender. A fixed-time prescribed performance function and first-order anti-saturation auxiliary variable are designed in the game guidance strategy to constrain the overshoot of the guidance variable and satisfy the requirement of an overload manoeuver. The proposed guidance strategy alleviates the influence of external disturbance by implementing a fixed-time observer and the chattering phenomenon caused by the sign function. Finally, nonlinear numerical simulations verify the cooperative guidance strategies.

Keywords

cooperative guidanceline-of-sight guidanceinput saturationprescribed performance controltwo-on-two engagement
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The Aeronautical Journal , First View , pp. 1 - 28
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal Aeronautical Society

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