Communication Information Requirements and Strategies for Cooperative Air Combat in Target Aircraft Formations

This paper addresses the communication requirements and strategies for achieving coordinated attacks in cooperative air combat operations. It analyzes the content of communication information, transfer methods, and interaction strategies based on the combat mission intent and air warfare command and decision needs. The communication information requirements are divided into operational mission information, air combat environment information, and the self-status information of the formation and its members. Communication methods are divided into three categories: broadcast communication, point-to-point communication, and relay communication. The communication protocols are designed based on the speech act theory and the FIPA protocol. A centralized cooperative air warfare communication strategy and an autonomous communication strategy are proposed to realize the transmission of information of the overall combat units and the information interaction between any combat units, respectively. The concept of message sending threshold and message sending priority are also introduced to meet the task requirements of cooperative air warfare.