ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,000, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to BAE SYSTEMS BOFORS AB (Karlskoga, Sweden).
"Projectile with antenna" was invented by Frans Eriksson (Hammaro, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A projectile is arranged with antenna, where the projectile is intended for launch in a launch device with a propellant charge in a barrel, where the projectile is arranged with an antenna in the rear edge of the projectile, and where the antenna is arranged behind any of or a combination of: i. a protective cap which protects the antenna during the ejection phase in the barrel and which is removed when the projectile has left the barrel; and ii. a pr...