Increasing the accuracy of the automatic control system of unmanned aircraft under conditions of non-stationary interference

An approach to solving the problem of improving the accuracy of an automatic control system for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in conditions of non-stationary interference is considered. Such interference is caused by random changes in the noise of the measuring sensors, which are installed in the UAV, when changing the yaw, roll and flight altitude of the UAV due to restructuring or transformation of the operating mode of the propulsion system of the UAV. Non-stationary noises do not allow obtaining the maximum effect of applying the theory of optimal filtration based on the classical Kalman filter. The authors proposed a method of stabilizing sensor noise by using a noise automatic gain control circuit installed in front of the Kalman filter. For its quantitative assessment, a team of authors developed a computer model and carried out dynamic modeling based on test signals, which showed the applicability of the classical Kalman filter in non-stationary conditions and a decrease in the filtering errors of the automatic control system.

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