A 2-D Coverage-based Guidance Algorithm for the Multi-stage Cooperative Interception

In this manuscript, a multi-stage cooperative interception problem is investigated in which the flight vehicles are launched successively to intercept a high maneuvering target cooperatively. We first provide the formulation of the multi-stage cooperative interception problem. Then, a coverage-based guidance algorithm is developed to obtain the expected locations of the flight vehicles by maximizing the interception probability. Moreover, the interception probability is analyzed which is related to the number of the flight vehicle and the information accuracy of the target.