Cooperative Differential Game Guidance Laws for Target With Multiple Defenders Against Missile

Cooperative guidance laws for a target aircraft with multiple defenders against an attacking missile are investigated. The engagement is described as a nonzero-sum differential game. Terminal angle difference constraints are added to the differential game problem to avoid the potential collision problem of the defenders. A class of cost functions segmented by relative distances between the players are presented, which can better reflect the objectives of the players. In the design, a systematic switching method between norm-bounded and linear quadratic differential game guidance laws is proposed based on the expected miss distances. The equilibrium solutions are obtained, which can reflect the extreme guidance performance of the respective players. Simulations verify the effectiveness of the design.