US Patent Issued to Lockheed Martin on Feb. 11 for "Integrated convertible quadcopter with full field of regard" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,212, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Lockheed Martin Corp. (Bethesda, Md.).

"Integrated convertible quadcopter with full field of regard" was invented by Marc T. Angelucci (Cherry Hill, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising a convertible body operably coupled to at least one sensor, and further configured to rotate at least about a longitudinal axis, thereby providing a full field of regard for the at least one sensor, and a plurality of arms extending laterally from the convertible body, each arm of the plurality of arms having a rotor assembly coupled t...