US Patent Issued to C.I.R.A. (Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali)-S.C.P.A. on May 27 for "Tactical hybrid stratospheric airship" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,062, issued on May 27, was assigned to C.I.R.A. (Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali)-S.C.P.A. (Capua, Italy).

"Tactical hybrid stratospheric airship" was invented by Giuseppe Persechino (Capua, Italy), Vincenzo Rosario Baraniello (Capua, Italy) and Roberto Borsa (Capua, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid stratospheric airship for the combined and optimized use of aerostatic and aerodynamic force, including: an inflatable central body; a first and second inflatable wing extending from the central body protruding laterally from two opposite sides of the central body, each wing having a portion proximal to the central body...