US Patent Issued to Galaxy Unmanned Systems on May 13 for "Unmanned airships, aerostats, and hybrid airship-aerostat systems and methods thereof" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,939, issued on May 13, was assigned to Galaxy Unmanned Systems LLC (Arlington, Texas).

"Unmanned airships, aerostats, and hybrid airship-aerostat systems and methods thereof" was invented by Antonio Roberto White (Bedford, Texas) and Jason Theodore White (Arlington, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid airship-aerostat includes a hull, a motor, a fin, a controller, and a bridle system. The motor is coupled to the hull and is configured to rotate between a thrust configuration and a lift configuration. The motor is configured to generate a lift force, a thrust force, or a combination thereof. The fin is coupled to a tail of t...