COOPERATIVE GUIDANCE METHOD WITH FORMATION CONTROL FOR A GUIDED MUNITION SWARM

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2023-1
Ayhan, Furkan Zeki
A cooperative guidance method for a guided munition swarm that contains informed and naïve members is presented in this study. These guided munitions create a swarm with the help of communication between them. The communication of the members is established using RF Datalink, which can transfer a decided set of data between the transmitter and receiver. Since the seeker systems are one of the most expensive parts of a guided munition, using RF Datalink and cooperative guidance methods with formation control for the swarm agents can be a cheaper and more effective way to destroy the desired area. On the other hand, simultaneous attack of multiple smart munitions unavoidably makes it harder to defend an area. 6 degrees of freedom simulation is built to examine the methods and algorithms. The potential function method is applied to achieve formation control and uniform distribution on the horizontal plane. Uniform and safe arm flight is reached due to data transfer between the swarm members. The cooperative guidance method makes the agents follow the same line of sight angle for all naïve agents at the vertical plane. Effects of this guidance method on the heading angle differences, irregularity, and wideness on the horizontal plane through the heading direction are investigated. Results for various numbers of total agents and various numbers of informed agents are compared. The effects of these on the results are reviewed. The method is proposed as effective for targets positioned in line, such as vehicle convoys.

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F. Z. Ayhan, “COOPERATIVE GUIDANCE METHOD WITH FORMATION CONTROL FOR A GUIDED MUNITION SWARM,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2023.