Practical guidance for homing missiles with bearings-only measurements

Author

Song, Taek Lyul ; Um, Tae Yoon

Author_Institution

Control & Instrum. Eng. Dept., Hanyang Univ., Seoul, South Korea

Volume

32

Issue

1

fYear

1996

Firstpage

434

Lastpage

443

Abstract

Observability is analyzed for the target tracking with bearings-only measurements (BOM) applied to a passive homing missile system using augmented proportional navigation guidance (APNG). Based on the analysis, a practical homing guidance law is proposed to enhance observability for tactical missile applications. The new guidance law is tailored to provide oscillation of line-of-sight (LOS) angle induced by initial missile heading errors without sacrificing terminal effectiveness. Simulation studies indicate that the proposed guidance law provides convergence of the state estimates essential to homing guidance applications as well as terminal effectiveness.

Keywords

Kalman filters; aerospace simulation; control system synthesis; direction-of-arrival estimation; missile guidance; observability; optimal control; proportional control; state estimation; target tracking; tracking filters; augmented proportional navigation guidance; bearings-only measurements; certainty equivalence principle; convergence of state estimates; dual role guidance law; homing guidance law; homing missiles; initial missile heading errors; modified gain EKF; observability; oscillation of line-of-sight angle; passive system; simulation; tactical missile; target tracking; terminal effectiveness; Aerodynamics; Bills of materials; Filters; Infrared sensors; Intelligent sensors; Missiles; Navigation; Observability; State estimation; Target tracking;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9251

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/7.481284

Filename

481284