ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,244, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, N.H.).

"Air vehicle assembly initialization and ejection" was invented by Matthew M. Hall (Nashua, N.H.), Michael E. Knotts (Milford, N.H.), Bernard A. Sacco (Westford, Mass.), Ross J. Wendell (Medford, Mass.), John A. Mitchell (Amherst, N.H.) and John D. Chernick (Merrimack, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air vehicle assembly initialization and ejection system includes a canister configured to contain an air vehicle assembly, where the air vehicle assembly includes an onboard electronic system and at least one squ...