New development thoughts on the bio-inspired intelligence based control for unmanned combat aerial vehicle

Bio-inspired intelligence is in the spotlight in the field of international artificial intelligence, and unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), owing to its potential to perform dangerous, repetitive tasks in remote and hazardous, is very promising for the technological leadership of the nation and essential for improving the security of society. On the basis of introduction of bio-inspired intelligence and UCAV, a series of new development thoughts on UCAV control are proposed, including artificial brain based high-level autonomous control for UCAV, swarm intelligence based cooperative control for multiple UCAVs, hybrid swarm intelligence and Bayesian network based situation assessment under complicated combating environments, bio-inspired hardware based high-level autonomous control for UCAV, and meta-heuristic intelligence based heterogeneous cooperative control for multiple UCAVs and unmanned combat ground vehicles (UCGVs). The exact realization of the proposed new development thoughts can enhance the effectiveness of combat, while provide a series of novel breakthroughs for the intelligence, integration and advancement of future UCAV systems.