Terminal Open-loop Control for a Hypervelocity Unmanned Flying Vehicle in the Atmosphere. Part 1

An algorithm for the terminal open-loop control of a hypervelocity flying vehicle with a high lift-drag (L/D) ratio is proposed; this algorithm ensures the implementation of spatial programmed hitting trajectories steering the vehicle to the given spatial domain with required high accuracy and required conditions of approaching this domain. The algorithm is based on the a priori construction of a rational hitting trajectory and the corresponding control vector; the control vector components are the attack and bank angles. At the beginning of the terminal phase, only constraints on the individual components of the vector of initial conditions are imposed: the ranges of altitudes, velocities, and flight path angle. In addition, the requirement for the minimum admissible resolution of the onboard radar that provides informational support at the terminal phase is taken into account in the trajectory construction. Examples of programmed hitting trajectories are given that confirm the fact that the proposed algorithm for the generation of such trajectories and the corresponding attainability sets is computationally efficient. DOI: 10.1134/S1064230711050121