Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2026, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (3): 1010-1017.doi: 10.12305/j.issn.1001-506X.2026.03.25

• Guidance, Navigation and Control • Previous Articles    

Close range interception and capture method for low-altitude small rotor-winged drone

Yueneng YANG1,2,*, Xi KONG1, Shifeng ZHANG1,2, Shaoyong DENG1   

  1. 1. College of Aerospace Science and Engineering,National University of Defense Technology,Changsha 410073,China
    2. Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Aerospace Cross-Domain Flight Vehicle Systems and Control Technology,Changsha 410073,China
  • Received:2025-02-13 Online:2026-03-25 Published:2026-04-13
  • Contact: Yueneng YANG

Abstract:

To address the limitations of current counter-drone technologies such as interference jamming and attack destruction, a close-range interception and capture method is proposed as a cooperation and supplementation of counter-drone countermeasures. Firstly, the target characteristics of small rotor-winged drones are analyzed, and an overall scheme of the close-range interception and capture system is designed, including a flight platform, a tracking and aiming device, and a capture unit. Secondly, a scale-adaptive tracking method is proposed based on kernelized correlation filter, utilizing the line-of-sight angle of a gimbal camera to track and aim targets, and using proportional guidance for tracking and guidance. Furthermore, the dynamics model of the rotational deployment of a flexible net is derived, and the dynamics characteristics of the capture process are analyzed. Finally, a close range interception and capture system is developed and multiple interception and capture tests are successfully completed, demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Key words: rotor-winged drone, object recognition, tracking and aiming, aerial interception, flexible net

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