Distributed Guidance for Multi-wave Arrivals of Multiple Missiles

Coordinating multiple missiles to arrive in structured waves, where missiles within each wave arrive simultaneously and successive waves are separated by specified time intervals, offers substantial operational advantages but remains challenging under distributed information architectures. To address this, this paper proposes a distributed guidance framework for multi-wave arrivals of multiple missiles, bridging the gap between existing simultaneous and sequential impact strategies. An auxiliary coordination variable is introduced, derived from locally estimated arrival times, whose consensus facilitates both intra-wave synchronization and inter-wave spacing. Missile acceleration components along and normal to the line-of-sight are designed to regulate arrival timing and achieve high terminal accuracy. Numerical simulations demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach in representative multi-wave engagement scenarios.