US Patent Issued to BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration on Nov. 11 for "Additively manufactured antenna with Vivaldi element" (New Hampshire, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,985, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, N.H.).

"Additively manufactured antenna with Vivaldi element" was invented by Alexander D. Johnson (Waltham, Mass.) and James F. Fung (Manchester, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna assembly includes a first flare arm, a second flare arm located adjacent to the first flare arm, a feed block having an opening therein, a feed slot extending from the opening to an outer periphery of the feed block, and a feed line integral with the feed block as a contiguous unitary component. The first flare arm and the second fl...