US Patent Issued to Rockwell Collins on Aug. 19 for "Controlled radiation pattern antenna for jamming/spoofing resistant airborne GNSS sensors" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,904, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Rockwell Collins Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

"Controlled radiation pattern antenna for jamming/spoofing resistant airborne GNSS sensors" was invented by Mark A. Billsberry (Indialantic, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A GNSS active antenna with improved performance in the presence of interfering signals is described. The GNSS active antenna meets the requirements of DO-301 for Airborne GNSS antennas when in normal operation. The GNSS active antenna also generates a low elevation null steered to any azimuth angle when in an environment with an interfering signal. The null has minimal performa...