Multi-stage Planning for Multi-target Surveillance using Aircrafts Equipped with Synthetic Aperture Radars Aware of Target Visibility

ArXi:2604.16962v1 Announce Type: cross 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.