US Patent Issued to GE Aviation Systems on May 19 for "Autopilot control system for unmanned vehicles" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,632,064, issued on May 19, was assigned to GE Aviation Systems LLC (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

"Autopilot control system for unmanned vehicles" was invented by Stefano Angelo Mario Lassini (Lowell, Mich.), Ryan Daniel Gorby (Howard City, Mich.) and John Andrew Ingersol (Byron Center, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system an unmanned vehicle includes a first processing unit configured to execute a primary autopilot process for controlling the unmanned vehicle. The control system further includes a programmable logic array in operative communication with the first processing unit. The control system also includes a state machine ...