US Patent Issued to Aerostar International on Oct. 21 for "Control system of an unfinned lighter than air platform and method for same" (Texas, South Dakota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,107, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Aerostar International LLC (Columbia, Md.).

"Control system of an unfinned lighter than air platform and method for same" was invented by Mark Stanley Ketcham (Sioux Falls, S.D.) and Michael Scott Smith (Sulphur Springs, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighter than air platform an unfinned envelope having two or more propulsion elements coupled with the unfinned envelope proximate to the center of gravity. At least one navigation sensor is configured to monitor an actual flight path of the unfinned envelope, and at least one perturbation sensor is configured to monitor one or more pertur...