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Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica ›› 2023, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (20): 628438-628438.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2023.28438

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Time-space coordination method for air refueling management for combat air patrol position maintenance

Ao WU1, Huanyu LI1(), Yangjun GAO1, Longfei YUE1, Yajie CUI2, Rennong YANG1   

  1. 1.Air Traffic Control and Navigation College,Air Force Engineering University,Xi’an  710051,China
    2.State Key Laboratory of Astronautic Dynamics,China Xi’an Satellite Control Center,Xi’an  710000,China
  • Received:2022-12-28 Revised:2023-02-16 Accepted:2023-04-24 Online:2023-10-25 Published:2023-04-28
  • Contact: Huanyu LI E-mail:lihuanyu1984@163.com

Abstract:

To address the problem of long-cycle Combat Air Patrol (CAP) position maintenance in high-intensity confrontation, a time-space coordination method for air refueling management for CAP position maintenance is proposed. Firstly, based on the task requirements of long-cycle CAP position maintenance, a time-space coordination model for multiple refueling management sub-tasks including fighters rotation and tanker rotation are proposed with a comprehensive consideration of the mission effectiveness and efficiency of CAP. Secondly, a comprehensive mission objective model including four types of objectives of force requirements, airfield sortie frequency, sustained flight duration, and takeoff load configuration is established,and a program effectiveness evaluation model oriented to mission effectiveness are established. On this basis, the feasible solution of time-space cooperative refueling management is calculated by multi-objective optimization algorithm.Finally, the key elements affecting the effectiveness of time-space synergy in refueling management in typical mission scenarios are analyzed with a simulation. The experimental results show that the proposed air refueling management model can generate a reasonable and feasible time-space cooperative refueling management solution for a given CAP mission, and effectively support the long-cycle CAP position maintenance. Compared with the scenario without refueling support, with the time-space collaborative management approach proposed in the paper, the given force can meet the long-period combat patrol mission with more complex mission requirements, and the force requirement can be reduced by 37.5%, the airfield usage intensity can be reduced by 62.5%, the minimum takeoff fuel quantity of fighters can be reduced by 54.3%, and the overall mission effectiveness can be improved by 47.3%.

Key words: combat air patrol, air refueling, battle management, time-space coordination

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