Finite Time Cooperative Guidance Law for Multiple UAVs with Intermittent Communication Topologies

To solve the problem of multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) with intermittent communication topologies simultaneously attack a stationary target, a time cooperative guidance law is studied in this paper. First, a novel time cooperative guidance model for multiple UAVs is constructed based on UAVs-target relative motion equations. Then, a cooperative guidance law is designed based on consensus theory, which can ensure multiple UAVs’ impact times realize finite time consensus under intermittent topologies. After UAVs’ impact times become to be the same, traditional PN guidance law is applied in all UAVs to guarantee that the UAVs can attack the target precisely without influencing the consensus of impact times. Finally, the validity of the proposed method is shown by numerical simulations.