Missile Guidance and Navigation

Subject Code (Aerospace Engineering) L T P C

ASB-451
Total Contact Hours : 40 Hours
3 0 0 3
Prerequisite: None
Marks-100
Duration of External Exam : 3 Hours
Internal-40 External-60
Course Objective
● To understand the basic of missile guidance theory and its applications to tactical
missiles.
● To understand the classical to modern developments in missile guidance is covered
using both an empirical approach (which is standard in teaching classical guidance
laws) and then a control theoretic approach (which would deal mainly with modern
guidance laws and its linkages with the classical laws).
● To understand an important application of control theory related to guided missiles.

Unit Course Outcome

Unit-1: The student should be able to understand the missile guidance theory and its
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applications.

Unit-2: The student should be able to understand classical to modern developments in

missile guidance.

Unit-3: The student should be able to understand the navigation system

UNIT-1
INTRODUCTION
History of Guided Missile, Control Theory Application, Guidance, Guided Missile, Tactical
Versus Strategic Missile, General Categories of Missile, Airframe- Classification, Fundamental
Of Guidance- Guidance Phases During Missile Flight, Different Categories Of Homing
Guidance, Command Guidance, Some Standard Terminologies In Missile Guidance, The
Kinematic Equations, The Collision Geometry, Capturability

BASIC RESULTS IN INTERCEPTION

Engagement between Two Point Objects- Equations of motion, (Vθ-VR) trajectory, The collision
condition and the collision triangle, Miss-distance, Effect of lethal radius.

UNIT-2
TAXONOMY OF GUIDANCE LAWS
An Overview of Guidance Laws, Conceptual Classical Guidance Laws- Pursuit guidance law,
Constant bearing course. Implementable Classical Guidance Laws- Line-of-Sight (LOS)
Guidance, Proportional Navigation (PN) Guidance.
Modern Guidance Laws - Modern Guidance Scheme, Differential Games Guidance Laws,
Reachable Set Guidance Law, Predictive Guidance Laws

UNIT 3
INERTIAL AND SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEMS
Inertial sensors– Gyroscopes: principle of operation, Accelerometers: principle of operation.
Inertial navigation systems – basic principles, Block diagram.
Platform and strap down INS. Electronic Navigation, Types of Navigation, Satellite Navigation –
GPS

Note for Paper setter:

The syllabus has been divided into three units. Paper setter will set three questions from each
unit and one compulsory question spread over the whole syllabus & consisting of short answer
questions. The compulsory question will be set as first question. The students will be required to
attempt six questions in all including the compulsory question. The student can attempt
maximum two questions from each unit. All questions carry equal marks.

Reference Books
1. Advances in Aerospace Guidance, Navigation and Control.(CEAS EuroGNC), Springer
publishers,2017, ISBN-10_ 3319652826, ISBN-13_978-331965825
2. Missile Guidance and Control Systems, Springer publisher, March 2004. ISBN-10_
9780387007267, ISBN-13_978-0387007267
Reference Papers
1. N.A. Shneydor: Missile Guidance and Pursuit: Kinematics, Dynamics and Control, Ellis
Horwood Publishers, 1998.
2. R. Yanushevsky: Modern Missile Guidance, CRC Press, 2008
3. P. Zarchan: Tactical and Strategic Missile Guidance, AIAA, 2007.
4. G.M. Siouris: Missile Guidance and Control Systems, Springer Verlag,
2004.