Distributed Cooperative Guidance for Simultaneous Missile Strike into a Polytopic Target Region

This study introduces a distributed cooperative guidance strategy enabling a swarm of missiles—modeled with detailed six-degree-of-freedom (6-DOF) dynamics—to execute a coordinated strike on a specified 2D polygonal zone embedded in 3D space. By integrating repulsion-attraction-based formation control with Proportional Navigation Guidance (PNG), the proposed method ensures collision-free trajectories and accurate terminal alignment. A key feature of the framework is its adaptive targeting region mechanism, which facilitates synchronized arrivals by aligning the swarm’s geometry with the structure of the polytopic area. Simulations confirm that the approach maintains safety and precision under realistic 3D operational conditions.