Homing Guidance Law for Cooperative Attack of Multiple Missiles

OVER the past few years, there have been significant efforts devoted to the research and development of cooperative unmannedsystems [1–3].The formationflyingofmultipleunmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has been studied for radar deception, reconnaissance, surveillance, and surface-to-air-missile jamming in military operations. An example of a cooperative operational scenario of multiple vehicles is that of a small UAV flying over an urban area, dispensingmultiplemicro aerial vehicles to examinepointsof interest fromclosedistances [4].Agroupofwell-organized low-costmultiple vehicles can be far superior to a single high-technology and high-cost UAV in effectiveness. Tactical missile systems as well as UAVs provide…