Fixed-time anti-saturation grouped cooperative guidance law with state estimations of multiple maneuvering targets

The problem of a grouped multiple missiles cooperative attack on multiple high maneuvering targets with a limited driving force is achieved by an anti-saturation fixed-time grouped cooperative guidance (FxTCG) law based on a sliding mode fixed-time disturbance observer (SM-FxTDO) in this study. First, the state estimation of each high maneuvering target within a fixed time is achieved by designing a sliding mode fixed-time disturbance observer. Second, the group cooperative guidance law is designed by using fixed-time theory, which can ensure the group consensus of multiple missiles strike times within a fixed time under the condition of input saturation. Then, the fixed time stability of the multi-missiles system is proven by using the bi-limit homogeneous theory and the Lyapunov function. Finally, the simulation results show the superiority of the designed observer and cooperative guidance law. The proposed observer can more effectively and accurately estimate the state of the high maneuvering target than the ESO. The proposed cooperative guidance law expands the number of attack targets and makes each group of multiple missiles attack the corresponding high maneuvering target under the conditions of an input saturation within a fixed time compared to the single-target cooperative law.