Investigation of cumulative retrospective cost adaptive control for missile application

A cumulative retrospective cost adaptive control algorithm is augmented to a gain-scheduled three loop autopilot to assess performance in a nonlinear three-degree-of-freedom missile model. The cumulative retrospective cost adaptive controller requires minimal model information; specifically estimates of the relative degree, 1st nonzero Markov parameter, and nonminimum phase zeros of the linearized missile model. A rate gyro sensor failure is applied to the model and the performance of the control techniques is investigated through an analysis of air-to-air intercept scenarios. The results indicate that an adaptive controller can, to some degree, improve the missile's ability to engage a target when such a failure occurs.