ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,011, issued on April 14, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Landing guidance for air vehicles using next generation cellular networks" was invented by Willard R. True (Kirkland, Wash.) and Donald C. Kauffman (Laurel, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A landing guidance system comprises at least one edge node that operatively communicates with a mobile communications network, wherein the mobile communications network includes a network location management function, and at least one processor onboard an air vehicle, the at least one processor in operative communication with the edge node. The at least on...