AbstractThereareninechaptersinthisbook.Thefirstchaptergivessomeintroduction.Thesecondchaptergivessomemathematicalpreliminariesfortheconvenienceofthesubsequenttheoreticalanalysis.Thethirdtosixthchaptersfocusontheformationflightobjective;andthedistributedcontrolalgorithmsareproposedinthecasesofswitchingtopology,distancebasedtopology,parametricuncertaintiesandactuatorfaults,respectively.Theseventhtoninthchaptersfocusontheformationtrackingobjective.Intheseventhandeighthchapters,twodistributedcontrolalgorithmsaredevelopedoverundirectedanddirectedtopologies,respectively.Intheninthchapter,anoutputfeedbackdistributedcontrolalgorithmisdevelopedintheabsenceofvelocityandangularvelocityinformation.Thisbookiswrittenforthereaderswhoareworkingontheareasofaviation,robotics,aircraft,etc.