High-g Barrel Roll Maneuvers Against Proportional Navigation

EasyChair Preprint 15548

Abstract

This research explores the effectiveness of high-g barrel roll maneuvers as a defensive tactic against proportional navigation (PN) guidance in missile-target engagements. Proportional navigation, widely used in missile guidance systems, aims to steer the missile along a collision course with a target by adjusting its path based on the line-of-sight rate. However, evasive barrel roll maneuvers, which involve high lateral accelerations and rapid changes in direction, can significantly challenge the missile’s ability to maintain an effective trajectory toward the target. This research analyzes the dynamics of high-g barrel rolls and evaluates how these maneuvers affect the missile’s interception performance under different navigation constants. Through simulation, we examine how variations in the missile’s response to the target’s maneuvers influence interception accuracy and terminal phase stability. The findings provide valuable insights into missile-target engagements, highlighting the potential of high-g maneuvers as a countermeasure to PN guidance and offering implications for defensive strategy development and missile guidance optimization.

Keyphrases: HGB, Missile Guidance, PN

@booklet{EasyChair:15548,
  author    = {Abdulghafoor Kshinba and Moez Barka and Zakarya Rhouma and Othman Maklouf},
  title     = {High-g Barrel Roll Maneuvers Against Proportional  Navigation},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 15548},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2024}}