US Patent Issued to XiDrone Systems on May 13 for "Counter unmanned aerial system with navigation data to Intercept and/or disable an unmanned aerial vehicle threat" (Florida, Alabama Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,378, issued on May 13, was assigned to XiDrone Systems Inc. (Naples, Fla.).

"Counter unmanned aerial system with navigation data to Intercept and/or disable an unmanned aerial vehicle threat" was invented by Dwaine A. Parker (Naples, Fla.), Damon E. Stern (Riverview, Fla.) and Lawrence S. Pierce (Huntsville, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for providing integrated detection and countermeasures against unmanned aerial vehicles include a detecting element, a location determining element and an interdiction element. The detecting element detects an unmanned aerial vehicle in flight in the region of, or approaching, a proper...