ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,862, issued on March 18.
"Adaptive anti-laser system" was invented by Jonathan Ralph Burdick (St. Louis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for protection of inflight aircraft during approaching-to-landing and takeoff/climbout phases of flight against handheld laser attacks includes two different drone types: a skeining drone and a swarming drone. One or more skeining drones are deployed close to the aircraft and/or one or more swarming drones are deployed further from the aircraft and closer to the beam source. Prior to the aircraft's traversal of a determinable approach point, a plurality of swarming drones are pre-deployed in...