ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,656, issued on June 2.

"System and methods for controlling remote ordinace delivery" was invented by Allen Dodgson Tan (Long Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for delivering ordinance is disclosed. The system includes a flight capable drone having a lift capacity suitable for carrying a munition, a fire control module in communication with the munition, and a handheld device in remote communication with the fire control module. At least one encrypted firing code generated by the fire control module is received by the handheld device and the munition is armed in accordance with at least the location of the drone." ...