Accession Number:

ADA411755

Title:

Robust Flight Control

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Jan 2000-Dec 2002

Corporate Author:

HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGY CENTER MINNEAPOLISMN

Personal Author(s):

• Enns, Dale

Report Date:

2003-01-20

Pagination or Media Count:

6.0

Abstract:

We developed algorithms for cooperative search and attack of targets by smart munitions such as the Low Cost Autonomous Attack System LOCAAS. We considered 4 or more munitions attacking a single target whose location was unknown and hidden among decoys. We assumed the munitions had a constant airspeed and maintained a constant altitude while performing a systematic search for the target in the presence of atmospheric winds. After one of the vehicles finds a target, the other vehicles are notified and one is tasked with obtaining a second independent sighting from a different angle of observation. After confirmation by the second vehicle, the target is attacked.

Descriptors:

• *ALGORITHMS
• *FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS
• *TARGET DETECTION
• *SURFACE TARGETS
• ATTACK
• SEARCHING
• AMMUNITION
• AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION
• AUTOMATIC TRACKING

Subject Categories:

• Target Direction, Range and Position Finding

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE