US Patent Issued to BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration on Nov. 11 for "High-precision infantry training system (HITS)" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,720, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, N.H.).

"High-precision infantry training system (HITS)" was invented by Stephen P. DelMarco (North Andover, Mass.), Simone B. Bortolami (Belmont, Mass.) and Helen F. Webb (Malden, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of determining a point-of-impact of a ballistic projectile comprising: within a predetermined site using a weapon comprising a barrel, a camera, and an IMU configured to provide data concerning barrel attitude: detecting a firing event associated with the weapon; obtaining metadata associated with the...