ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,968, issued on May 13, was assigned to Anduril Industries Inc. (Costa Mesa, Calif.).
"Dual engine vertical take off and landing collapsible fixed wing aircraft" was invented by Sean Keith-Stewart (San Diego), Christian William Lopez (San Diego) and Jessica Rader (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application discloses an aircraft. The aircraft comprises a first wing and a second wing, a fuselage to which the first wing and the second wing are mounted, a first engine operatively mounted to the first wing, and a second engine operatively mounted to the second wing. The aircraft is configured to vertically take-off an...