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Electromagnetic catapult launch tends to be equipped on future carrier deck gradually. This paper aims to establish the mathematical representation of the system of electromagnetic aircraft launch considering aspects of carrier, aircraft and electromagnetic catapult. The proposed catapult system is evaluated by conducted simulation considering disturbance of deck wind and ground effect during stroke process and disturbance of wind ahead of carrier bow during flight process. The modeling approach of the system of electromagnetic aircraft launch is of significance for safety and efficiency of aircraft-carrier system.

Carrier landing task is accomplished by human pilot according to guidance signal. During lateral lineup flight, appropriate guidance signal generation is of great significance in improving carrier landing precision and reducing pilot workload. This paper proposes a method of generating the guidance signal for lateral lineup flight by taking carrier deck motion compensation and appropriate signal input moment into account. The deck motion compensation employs online auto regressive (AR) model and the signal input moment considers preventing signal mutation. Based on the analysis of pilot-aircraft system for lateral lineup flight simulation, the signal generator parameters of prediction horizon and guidance signal input moment are selected. The simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the suggested method in the improvement of carrier landing precision and the reduction of human pilot's workload.

This paper develops an intelligent pilot-aircraft system based on an analysis of the developmental trend of the intelligent flight control system. We establish an intelligent pilot-aircraft integrated system and analyze the characteristics from three levels (perception level, decision-making level and execution level). According to respective advantages for pilot and aircraft in specific circumstances, the control strategies can be divided into “Pilot Master/Aircraft Slave” and “Aircraft Master/Pilot Slave”. And the Pilot Aircraft Collaboration mechanism is used to allocate the appropriate authority. Multiple behavioral characteristics of the human pilot are classified and comprehensive human pilot evaluation is discussed. The authors propose an intelligent pilot-aircraft integrated system based on the idea of a pilot-aircraft system, which provides a theoretical reference for the design of an intelligent flight control system.

Safety and efficiency of carrier flight deck are two important factors that have great effects on the comprehensive performance of carrier. This paper studies on path planning algorithms for carrier aircraft on the deck in consideration of safety and efficiency requirements. Firstly, a kinematic model of the carrier aircraft, obstacle avoidance models and boundary constraints are proposed. Subsequently, search zone for path planning is designed based on geometry. Then, the optimal path is computed according to Dijkstra's Algorithm and the details are described by steps. Finally, an example is simulation to verify the rationality and the effectiveness of the path planning algorithms.