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Modern Missile Guidance, Third Edition presents a rigorous survey of missile guidance, addressing not only missile-specific challenges but also broader problems in the guidance of unmanned vehicles. It explores the evolution of guidance systems, from traditional proportional navigation to advanced guidance laws based on the Lyapunov and Lyapunov-Bellman approaches.

The new edition includes a chapter dedicated to the unique challenges of hypersonic missile guidance, including extreme heat management, aerodynamics, and computational delays. It analyzes the influence of these delays on guidance accuracy and presents innovative solutions to mitigate their effects. It also considers obstacle avoidance algorithms and their application to unmanned vehicles.

This book is intended for aerospace industry researchers and practicing engineers working in missile guidance system design and air defense systems.

Inhalt

1. Basics of Missile Guidance. 2. Parallel Navigation. 3. Analysis of PN Guided Missile Systems in the Time Domain. 4. Analysis of PN Guided Missile Systems in the Frequency Domain. 5. Design of Guidance Laws Implementing Parallel Navigation: A Time Domain Approach. 6. Design of Guidance Laws Implementing Parallel Navigation: A Frequency Domain Approach. 7. Guidance Law Performance Analysis under Stochastic Inputs. 8. Guidance of Fixed-Wing UAVs. 9. Specifics of Hypersonic Missile Guidance. 10. Testing Guidance Laws Performance. 11. Integrated Missile Design. 12. New Generation of Intercept Systems for National Missile Defense. 13. Missile Guidance Software.