Distributed multi-munition cooperative guidance based on clock synchronization for switching and noisy networks

This paper proposes a novel three-dimensional guidance method based on clock synchronization algorithms, creatively solving the problems of randomized change, non-connection and even communication outage caused by packet loss and delay in the co-guidance of loitering munitions. The proposed method is characterized by fast convergence of the aspect angle rate in the longitudinal plane, and the attack time constrains in the lateral plane. Normal accelerations on the two sub-planes are thereby calculated, so as to control the munitions’ co-attack. Simulation experiments show that the proposed method can ensure reliable and stable asymptotic agreement of attack time expectation for the cooperative multiple munitions under the switching and noisy networks.