Analysis of rendezvous guidance laws for autonomous aerial refueling for non-maneuvering and identical speed targets

This study analyzes rendezvous guidance schemes for UAVs refueling. Assuming the target is non-maneuvering with identical speed, a necessary condition is investigated for the UAV to approach the rendezvous point. Three types of guidance laws are considered to analyze the performance under the condit...

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Veröffentlicht in:Aerospace science and technology 2022-02, Vol.121, p.107359, Article 107359
Hauptverfasser: Lee, Seokwon, Kim, Mingu
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This study analyzes rendezvous guidance schemes for UAVs refueling. Assuming the target is non-maneuvering with identical speed, a necessary condition is investigated for the UAV to approach the rendezvous point. Three types of guidance laws are considered to analyze the performance under the condition. A reachable region is analytically obtained using the closed-form solution of the deviated pursuit and pure proportional navigation. Numerical simulation demonstrates the analyzed result for the rendezvous mission.
ISSN:1270-9638
1626-3219
DOI:10.1016/j.ast.2022.107359