ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,330, issued on July 29, was assigned to Applied Research Associates Inc. (Albuquerque, N.M.).
"Missile guidance system" was invented by Jasper C. Lupo (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Joseph N. Paranto (Albuquerque, N.M.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hypersonic self-guided missile system is described. Particularly, embodiments describe missiles whose trajectories are controlled by an on-board control unit that decrease the effect of damaging heat to sensitive internal components by employing one or more annular windows, internal mirrors, lenses, and/or cameras. Embodiments may have an internal camera oriented substantially toward or away f...