Multi-stage Planning for Multi-target Surveillance using Aircrafts Equipped with Synthetic Aperture Radars Aware of Target Visibility
arXiv:2604.16962v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Generating trajectories for synthetic aperture radar (SAR)-equipped aircraft poses significant challenges due to terrain constraints, and the need for straight-flight segments to ensure high-quality imaging. Related works usually focus on trajectory optimization for predefined straight-flight segments that do not adapt to the target visibility, which depends on the 3D terrain and aircraft orientation. In addition, this assumption does not scale well for the multi-target problem, where multiple straight-flight segments that maximize target visibility […]