In this paper, a novel composite controller design technique is addressed for using an adaptive interval type-2 fuzzy logic system (FLS) with the fixed-time disturbance observer (FTDO) such that the enhanced tracking performance is achieved for an air-breathing hypersonic vehicle with a variable geometry inlet (AHV-VGI). First, introducing the variable geometry inlet to take proper mass flow into the engine without any flow spillage ensures enough thrust for acceleration and maneuvering flight. The interval type-2 FLS integrated with an adaptive control algorithm is derived to approximate the complicated nonlinear items in the control strategy online, which assures that the tracking error are semi-globally uniformly bounded. After that, the fixed-time disturbance observer that is constructed to provide the estimations of uncertainty including external disturbance leads to a more practical and robust flight control system for AHV-VGI. The uniform stability of the whole system is proved under the framework of Lyapunov theory. Finally, simulation results and analysis are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed composite control scheme.
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