Multiple missiles fixed-time cooperative guidance without measuring radial velocity for maneuvering targets...

For multiple missile simultaneously intercepting a maneuvering target, under the directed communication topologies between missiles, this paper designs a fixed-time cooperative guidance law based on three-dimensional guidance system. Furthermore, the radial velocity measurements are not required for the designed method. First, we construct the cooperative guidance model by using the three-dimensional missile-target intercepting geometry. Then, based on the fixed-time differentiator and the bi-limit homogeneity theory, a consensus protocol is designed in line-of-sight (LOS) direction, which can ensure missile's impact time achieve fixed-time consensus. Next, in normal direction of LOS, two continuous adaptive fixed-time guidance laws are designed to guarantee LOS angular rates achieve fixed-time convergence. Finally, the excellent performance of the designed method is validated by simulation results.