Missile Control Design for Moving Target using Model Predictive Control

In this paper, Model Predictive Control (MPC) is proposed to control a missile such that the missile reaches the moving target in minimum time. The dynamics of missile is a non-linear model. MPC is applied to linearized missile dynamics. In this study, we conduct some simulations, namely with state constraints and without state constraints. We also observe the influence of weights and prediction horizon to the time needed to reach the target. The simulation results show that the fastest time to reach the target is 20 seconds. This is achieved when the prediction horizon is 10 and the state constraints are present.