A novel autopilot architecture is developed based on modern, nonlinear control methodologies with the purpose of fully exploiting the missile airframe's performance capabilities across the entire flight envelope. The autopilot architecture is subdivided in three elements: a nonlinear reference, a baseline control law, and an adaptive augmentation. In contrast to classic, holistic autopilot approaches, the herein developed modular architecture allows an unique assignment of each element with respect to certain system's performance and robustness requirements.
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A novel autopilot architecture is developed based on modern, nonlinear control methodologies with the purpose of fully exploiting the missile airframe's performance capabilities across the entire flight envelope. The autopilot architecture is subdivided in three elements: a nonlinear reference, a baseline control law, and an adaptive augmentation. In contrast to classic, holistic autopilot approaches, the herein developed modular architecture allows an unique assignment of each element with resp...
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