US Patent Issued to Capewell Aerial Systems on April 21 for "Universal maritime craft aerial delivery system" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,304, issued on April 21, was assigned to Capewell Aerial Systems LLC (South Windsor, Conn.).

"Universal maritime craft aerial delivery system" was invented by Stephen Parkinson (Penarth, Great Britain) and Adam J. Fitzgerald (Enfield, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A universal maritime craft aerial delivery system (UMCADS) is an airdrop system that enables the delivery, by parachute from military transport aircraft, of a multitude of surface and subsurface marine craft. The UMCADS can be used to deploy marine craft that will be manned on splash down and unmanned autonomous marine craft that could be operational immediately on ...