ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,099, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Lockheed Martin Corp. (Bethesda, Md.).

"Systems and methods for prioritized fire suppression" was invented by George Nicholas Loussides (West Haven, Conn.), Michael Paul Baran (Prospect, Conn.), Sean Carlson (New Milford, Conn.), Carl John Pankok (Philadelphia), Alexander Quinn Weintraub (Wilton, Conn.) and Igor Cherepinsky (Sandy Hook, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for providing instructions directed to facilitating the completion of an aerial mission in an environment includes one or more sensors mounted on a vehicle; a transceiver configured to transmit an instruction directe...