Overview of Air Vehicle Mission Planning Techniques

Mission planning provides effective support and insurance for aircraft,especially military aircraft in mission success.First,the concept of air vehicle mission planning is introduced.Second,according to the research methodology and objects,the system architecture of mission planning is analyzed,which is divided into three levels:operation planning for multi-vehicle task allocation and coordination,tactic activity planning for the design of air-vehicle tactic activity employment, and route/trajectory planning for flight route or trajectory generation.Then,advances in the three levels of air vehicle mission planning are discussed,and the characteristics of the representative problem formulation and solution approaches are analyzed.Besides,their military applications are discussed.Finally,the key technique and future research trends on air vehicle mission planning are summarized.