ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,407,080, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to L3Harris Global Communications Inc. (Melbourne, Fla.).
"Systems and methods for autonomously adjustable aerial vehicle antenna" was invented by James Buduson (North Chili, N.Y.), Peter Burke (Hilton, N.Y.), Joseph Majkowski (Pittsford, N.Y.), Thomas Howe (Rochester, N.Y.), Megan Blakeney (Rochester, N.Y.) and Louis Fay (Charlotte, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for autonomously operating an antenna assembly. The methods comprise: obtaining, by a processor of the antenna assembly, first information comprising at least one of a value for a variable altitude of the antenna...