Algorithm for Simultaneous Target Interception by Group of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

The problem of developing an algorithm for group guidance of unmanned aerial vehicles with simultaneous target acquisition has been considered. It has been proposed to use an algorithm that consists of two stages. In the first stage, decentralized multi-agent control is used with a consensus algorithm in order to achieve equality in the measured parameters, which include the relative range to the target and the angle between the velocity vector of the unmanned aircraft and the line of sight of the target. In the second stage, each unmanned vehicle is separately guided towards the target using a modified three-dimensional proportional guidance algorithm. Numerical simulations have demonstrated the effectiveness of these methods.