Performance analysis of proportional navigation, neoclassical and pseudoclassical guidance methods on a 6DOF missile model

Hodžić, Mirza (author), Prljača, Naser (author)

Proportional navigation (PN) is a missile guidance law usually used for low maneuvering targets. PN generates a commanding lateral acceleration normal to the Line of Sight (LOS) which commands the missile to steer toward a target. PN is determined by measauring the LOS angular velocity. For a maneuvering target, PN yields a non-zero final miss distance. The advanced guidance laws such as integrated guidance and control (IGC) or optimal missile guidance yield better results, but are much more difficult to implement. The paper presents variants of the traditional PN, which offer a similar result but require only the measurement of the LOS rate. The guidance laws are simualted on a 6DOF dynamic model and the results are compared with those obtained with the traditional PN guidance law.

• Language: English
• Keywords: PN, pseudoclassical navigation, neoclassical navigation, 6DOF, missile guidance
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FE - Faculty of Electrical Engineering
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 26-34
• Numbering: Letn. 92, št. 1/2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-183936
• UDC: 004.85:629.056.8
• ISSN on article: 0013-5852
• COBISS.SI-ID: 280332035
• Publication date in RUL: 22.06.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Elektrotehniški vestnik
• Publisher: Strokovna zadruga koncesijoniranih elektrotehnikov, Elektrotehniška zveza Slovenije
• ISSN: 0013-5852
• COBISS.SI-ID: 742916

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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Analiza učinkovitosti proporcionalne navigacije in metod vodenja na modelu izstrelka s šestnajstimi stopnjami prostosti

Abstract

Proporcionalna navigacija (PN) je nacin vodenja izstrelkov, ˇ ki se obicajno uporablja za nizko manevrirajo ˇ ce tar ˇ ce. PN ˇ zagotavlja lateralno pospeševanje pravokotno na vidno crto ˇ (LOS), kar usmerja izstrelek proti cilju. PN temelji na meritvi kotne hitrosti LOS. Pri manevrirajoci tar ˇ ci PN povzro ˇ ciˇ nenicelni kon ˇ cni odmik od cilja. Napredni na ˇ cini vodenja, kot ˇ sta integrirano vodenje in nadzor (IGC) ali optimalno vodenje izstrelkov, zagotavljajo boljše rezultate, vendar so bistveno bolj zahtevni za implementacijo. Prispevek predstavlja razlicice ˇ tradicionalne PN, ki ponujajo podobne rezultate, a zahtevajo le merjenje hitrosti spremembe LOS. Pravila vodenja smo simulirali na dinamicnem modelu izstrelka s šestimi stopnjami ˇ prostosti (6DOF). Rezultate smo primerjali z rezultati, pridobljenimi s tradicionalno metodo proporcionalne navigacije.

• Keywords: proporcialna navigacija, napredni način vodenja, dinamični model izstrelka