ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,979, issued on May 13, was assigned to TUSAS- TURK HAVACILIK VE UZAY SANAYII A.S. (Ankara, Turkey).
"Attack helicopter" was invented by Burhan Sahin (Ankara, Turkey).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An attack helicopter has a body exposed to air flow during the flight of the respective air vehicle, at least one ammunition fired to attack a target, at least one machine cannon enabling the ammunition to be fired, at least one ammunition duct on the body, enabling the ammunition to be placed therein and the ammunition to be transferred to the machine cannon, and a butt line arranged so as to extend lengthwise on the air vehicle and symmetr...