WANG Guoqiang, LUO He, HU Xiaoxuan, MA Huawei. A Survey on Coordinated UAV Formation Management[J]. Electronics Optics & Control, 2013, 20(8): 48
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Compared with a single Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)the UAV formation of has a better overall performance in cooperative detectionreconnaissance or combat.The task execution lifecycle of UAV formation is divided into six stagesincluding formation formingformation flying toward the task areaformation reconfiguration while flying toward the task areaformation reconfiguration while performing tasks in the task areaformation return and formation dissolution.These six stages are summarized in three key technical issues including formation rendezvousformation keeping and formation reconfiguration.The current situation of study on them is discussed and analyzed respectively.Finallythe future development challenges and research tendency are proposed.