A Review of Recent Algorithms and a New and Improved Cooperative Control Design for Generating a Phantom Track

For a team of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to deceive a radar network by generating a phantom track requires a high degree of cooperation due to: 1) dynamic constraints imposed mainly by the UAVs and 2) strong coupling caused by the phantom track. We first review three works that have addressed this problem, namely two one-step look-ahead algorithms and an optimal solution with full time horizon; original simulations of each are included. Second, since the one-step algorithms do not satisfy the UAV and/or phantom constraints in many cases, we design a new algorithm that does, as shown by simulations. Finally, we add a feasibility guarantee for the UAV constraints and modify the algorithm so that an operator can dynamically update the virtual waypoint for the phantom.