Impact angle control with field-of-view constrained guidance law against a various motion of target

Abstract In this paper, a sliding mode guidance law for impact angle control without violating a seeker’s field-of-view limits is proposed against targets with various motions and unknown acceleration, including stationary, constant-velocity moving and manoeuvring targets. To develop the guidance law, the kinematic conditions for engagement geometry are defined, and the sliding mode control is applied to satisfy the homing constraint and impact angle control. Then, the relation between look angle, the desired line-of-sight angle and desired impact angle is established to guarantee the target in the field of the missile’s view. The stability of the proposed approach is analysed using Lyapunov theory. Furthermore, the look angle is examined to verify the field-of-view constraint, and a capturability analysis is conducted. To evaluate the performance of the proposed law, numerical simulations demonstrate that the proposed approach achieves satisfactory miss distance and impact angle error while adhering to the field-of-view limit.