Lee, SeokwonKim, Mingu2022-01-212022-01-212022-01-14Lee S, Kim M. (2022) Analysis of rendezvous guidance laws for autonomous aerial refueling for non-maneuvering and identical speed targets. Aerospace Science and Technology, Volume 121, February 2022, Article number 1073591270-9638https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2022.107359https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/17472This study analyzes rendezvous guidance schemes for UAVs refueling. Assuming the target is non-maneuvering with identical speed, a necessary condition is investigated for the UAV to approach the rendezvous point. Three types of guidance laws are considered to analyze the performance under the condition. A reachable region is analytically obtained using the closed-form solution of the deviated pursuit and pure proportional navigation. Numerical simulation demonstrates the analyzed result for the rendezvous mission.enAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Rendezvous GuidanceAir-to-Air RefuelingDeviated Pursuit GuidanceProportional Navigation GuidanceArticle