ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,188, issued on July 29, was assigned to ASELSAN ELEKTRONIK SANAYI VE TICARET A.S. (Ankara, Turkey).

"Aerodynamic pod for aircrafts" was invented by Abdullah Emre Cetiner (Ankara, Turkey), Baris Biyik (Ankara, Turkey), Goktan Guzel (Ankara, Turkey) and Fatih Can (Ankara, Turkey).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerodynamic pod for positioning on aircrafts is provided; the aerodynamic pod includes a body and a front body positioned on the body and movable, an optical head positioned on the front body, a rear-view cavity positioned on the front body, a channel opening on the rear-view cavity for movement of the front body against the ae...