06.1 - Flight Dynamics and Control (Control & Modelling)

BACKSTEPPING-BASED PREDICTIVE PERFORMANCE CONTROL FOR AERIAL REFUELING BOOM ATTITUDE CONTROL

Y.L. Niu¹, L.X. Wang¹, J.X. Li², Y.N. Gao², S.H. Xu, COMAC Beijing Aircraft Technology Research Institute, China; T. Yue¹, S. Tai¹, H.L. Liu¹; ¹Beihang University, China ;²The First Aircraft Institute AVIC, China

This paper addresses boom attitude control in flying-boom aerial refueling. A PPC-based backstepping controller confines tracking errors within predefined bounds for guaranteed transient and steady-state behavior. A sliding-mode observer compensates lumped disturbances. Simulations show high accuracy, strong rejection, and compliance with performance constraints.

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DOI: 10.71945/icas2026_0647