Impact time control guidance with field-of-view constraint accounting for uncertain system lag

The problem of impact time control guidance with seeker’s field-of-view constraint in the presence of uncertain system lag is addressed. A novel two-step control approach based impact time control guidance law with seeker’s field-of-view constraint is proposed. Specifically, in the first step, a state constrained robust adaptive control law, using the dynamic surface control method combining with the control integral barrier Lyapunov function technique, is synthesized to achieve the required robust tracking performance with respect to the desired trajectory of lead angle in the presence of uncertain system lag and other uncertainties. In the second step, the desired trajectory of lead angle is generated online to guarantee target interception at the designated impact time under the assumption of ideal autopilot dynamics while not violating the seeker’ field-of-view constraint. The proposed guidance law ensures the seeker’s field-of-view constraint does not be violated in the presence of uncertain system lag and other uncertainties. Numerical simulations are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed guidance law.