A coverage-based guidance algorithm for the multi-stage cooperative interception problem

This manuscript investigates a multi-stage cooperative interception problem in which the flight vehicles are launched successively to intercept a high maneuvering target cooperatively. We first give the formulation of the multi-stage cooperative interception problem. Then, a coverage-based guidance algorithm is developed to obtain the expected locations of the flight vehicles by maximizing the interception probability. Moreover, the interception probability is analyzed and compared with the simultaneous cooperative interception approach. The numerical simulation examples are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed approach.