Jamming resources allocation ( JRA) is an essential task in clustered combat environments. Especially in cases with multiple threats, efficient JRA is imperative for protecting key assets. In this study, multiple distributed outboard jammers protecting multiple targets against a multi-missile threat are considered, where the function of JRA includes jamming object selection and jammer power allocation. To address this problem, first, a scheme to evaluate the jamming effectiveness of the radar seeker under cooperative jamming from multiple jammers is proposed. Considering power allocation, a mixed-integer programing model for the optimisation of JRA is further established. A two-track simultaneous update binary particle swarm algorithm (TS-BPSO) is then devised to obtain the solutions of the JRA. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed method for multiple jammers in the multiple missiles scenario is evaluated through simulations. The simulation results suggest that the distributed cooperative jamming resource allocation is affected by the incoming orientation of the missile and the relative position of the jammers and the targets. The findings of the study enable evaluating the use of jammer formations and provide insights into developing effective jamming strategies. K E Y W O R D S distributed outboard jammers, jamming effectiveness assessment, jamming resources allocation, multi-missile threat, TS-BPSO This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
To address the problem and reduce the risk wherein a ship‐based cross‐eye jammer could set a protected ship as a target, an unmanned platform equipped with a jammer is proposed to be used. However, the jamming situation violates the original cross‐eye jamming conditions and introduces some new elements. In this regard, the impact of outboard cross‐eye jamming in the presence of ship echoes is derived in detail. The analysis shows that the outboard cross‐eye jamming combines the characteristics of outboard active and traditional cross‐eye jamming gains. It can reduce the standard cross‐eye jamming requirement of the jamming‐to‐signal ratio (JSR) and improve the jamming effect. The phase difference of a cross‐eye jammer can be controlled at 0° or 180° to obtain a larger angular positioning deviation based on the JSR requirement, thus providing a theoretical basis for applications of unmanned outboard cross‐eye jamming.
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