ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,438, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to FN HERSTAL S.A. (Herstal, Belgium).

"Automated system and method for a projectile launcher monitoring" was invented by Nathan Morsa (Liege, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated projectile launcher monitoring system includes a projectile attachment and a processing module. The projectile attachment, coupled with a projectile launcher, includes a sensor module and a communication module. The projectile attachment acquires signals from the sensor module and converts them into time-sampled data, which is sent to the processing module corresponding to a shooting plan. The processing m...