US Patent Issued to Rockwell Collins on July 22 for "Reprogrammable radar system and method" (American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,655, issued on July 22, was assigned to Rockwell Collins Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

"Reprogrammable radar system and method" was invented by Brian O. Helfrecht (Batavia, Ill.), Luca Manica (Trento, Italy) and Carlo L. Tiana (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system including a radar system. The radar system may include a transmit antenna, a receive antenna, and a controller. The controller may be configured to: determine or obtain information indicative of at least one of a phase of flight or an environmental condition; determine or obtain information indicative of a mission associated with the determined phase of fligh...