Unmanned aerial vehicles flight routes formation, taking into account the location of air defense and electronic warfare means
Relevance. Combat use of special purpose unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) usually happens in theaters of operations (TO), which are equipped with air defense (AD) and electronic warfare (EW). The aim of the paper is to increase the survivability of UAVs and stability of their control in TO which are equipped with AD and EW facilities. Results. The method of formation UAV’s flight routes which are pass out of the location zones of AD and EW means is proposed in the article. Such UAV’s flight routes are based on the Dijkstra's algorithm, which allows to form the main and additional routes in TO. AD and EW zones are taken into account in the UAVs automated route control when the UAVs flight route, which passes out of these zones, is formed. Novelty. The novelty of this decision is the consideration of the AD and EW locations as well as the AD and EW impact consideration. These factors are formalized in the form of integral metric of graph nodes of the geotopological model of the flight zone in TO. Practical significance of the work. The method allows to increase the stability of UAVs control at their flights in TO equipped with AD and EW means.