Optimal Trajectories for Cooperative Classification

Abstract

A projected role for autonomous uninhabited air vehicles is to classify and subsequently attack time critical targets, as well as perform battle damage assessment after an attack. Thus, the problem of determining optimal look angles for automatic target recognition/classification is addressed first. Next, minimum time trajectories for this mission, for a vehicle with a minimum turning radius, are constructed. Lastly, an algorithm for performing cooperative classification and/or battle damage assessment involving more than one air vehicle, is presented.

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