Hypersonic vehicle is a hot topic at home and abroad. In this paper, the modeling method and autonomous control issue of hypersonic vehicles are reviewed. First, the characteristics and control difficulties of hypersonic vehicle are briefly described. Secondly, typical hypersonic vehicle models are presented. Thirdly, the research progress of modeling of hypersonic vehicles is introduced from four aspects:mechanism deduction method, CFD experimental method, model simplification technique, and model verification technique. Fourthly, the research progress of autonomous control for hypersonic vehicles are stated, including the traditional sliding mode control, highorder sliding mode control, back-stepping control, adaptive control and trajectory linearization control. The research of simulation platform for hypersonic vehicle is briefly introduced as well. In the end, some prospects and conclusions are given.

hypersonic vehicle  /  modeling  /  autonomous control  /  simulation platform