ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,848, issued on July 8.
"Forward deployed sensor system" was invented by Gerald F Miller (Bedford, Ind.), James L Stewart (Bloomington, Ind.), William F Crespo-Miranda (Bloomington, Ind.) and Donald R Statter Jr. (Lousby, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Generally, the present disclosure relates to a forward deployed sensor system or, in a specific embodiment, a forward deployed radar (FDR) system. The forward deployed sensor system includes a radar system and may also include other types of sensors such as optical sensors, acoustic sensors including sonar, and electromagnetic sensors. Further, the forward deployed sensor system may ...