A Maneuver Control Method for Stealthy Engagement in Beyond-visual-range Air Combat Based on Sliding Mode Control

A S-type engagement of beyond-visual-range (BVR) air combat tactical method based on sliding mode control is proposed, which is aiming at the problem of Doppler pulse (PD) radar blind zone. By introducing the Electronic Support Measures (ESM), the whole tactical process is divided into two sub-processes: quick engagement and stealthy engagement. This paper designs a stealthy engagement process controller based on the double power sliding mode control, and a quick engagement process controller based on the back-stepping second order sliding mode. The simulation experiment shows that our aircraft can use EMS to judge the enemy radar detection information and switch the strategy. And it can successfully enter the enemy radar blind zone through S-type maneuver, occupy the dominant area, which can effectively complete the stealthy engagement.