Guidance of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Based on the Lyapunov-Bellman approach, this book explains how to choose optimal parameters of guidance laws. It focuses on the physical interpretation of obtained mathematical expressions. It compares practical application of newer and existing guidance laws, focusing on boost-phase intercept systems, especially airborne interceptors for such systems. To address a wide range of guidance problems for unmanned aerial vehicles, the author formulates a more general guidance problem and develops corresponding laws. The text also discusses the obstacle avoidance problem for UAVs and develops algorithms to deal with the issue.