Survivability-Oriented Kinodynamic Path Planning for F-16 Aircraft over DEM-Based Terrain with Dynamic Threats
12th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies, CoDIT 2026, Bari, İtalya, 13 - 16 Temmuz 2026, ss.318-323, (Tam Metin Bildiri)
- Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
- Doi Numarası: 10.1109/codit70676.2026.11630880
- Basıldığı Şehir: Bari
- Basıldığı Ülke: İtalya
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.318-323
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Dynamic Threats, Fighter Aircraft, Guidance, Kinodynamic Path Planning, Monte Carlo Simulation
- Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
In the modern combat environment, within the enhancement of defense technology, fighter aircrafts are required to find paths considering dynamic and complicated threats. Enhanced air defense systems and derived threat profiles need to be considered for near real-time state alignment to plan the path for fighter aircraft. However, not only collision avoidance but also aircraft constraints must be reconsidered for safety. This paper demonstrates a kinodynamic path planning and guidance simulation for fighter aircraft over DEM-based real terrain with moving threats. Two planners are introduced: the Kinematic Guidance Planner (K-GNP), which enforces minimum turn-radius feasibility, and the Tactical Guidance Planner (T-GNP), which further reduces risk and control effort using threat-aware and smoothness-based costs. The proposed methods and the other planners (RRT∗, PSO, A∗, Dijkstra) performances are compared. All comparisons were tested in a common 'Feasibility Engine' and physics-based environment for a fair comparison using Monte Carlo simulations with wind and sensor noise. T-GNP achieves up to 80% reduction in tracking error compared to stochastic planners, with 100% mission success under Monte Carlo disturbances and significantly fewer control saturation events.