Investigating the effect of detection and classification range and aircraft dynamics on a

Abstract

Airborne maritime surveillance operations are part of Australia's national security. The determination of an efficient route to approach each ship detected to within the classification range is a difficult variation on the classical Travelling Salesman Problem because, for example, the ships are moving. In this article, variations in the detection and classification ranges are investigated, with greater classification ranges resulting in route length reductions of up to 20%. Including a finite turning circle radius for an aircraft can cause in increase in route length of up to 20% for a turning circle radius of 10 nautical miles. References

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