Title :
Proportional Navigation with a Maneuvering Target
Author_Institution :
Ministry of Defence Armament Development Authority Tel-Aviv, Israel
fDate :
5/1/1972 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A qualitative analysis of the trajectories of a missile pursuing a maneuvering target according to the proportional navigation law is presented. Conditions for a missile to reach the target from any initial state are determined. The existence of a boundary for the required missile acceleration is demonstrated.
Keywords :
Acceleration; Aerospace and electronic systems; Differential equations; Missiles; Navigation; Performance analysis; Time varying systems;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAES.1972.309520
