ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,316, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to L3Harris Technologies Inc. (Melbourne, Fla.).

"Split radio tactical data link terminal" was invented by Jon E. Stearn (Carlsbad, Calif.), Sean K. Parker (Encinitas, Calif.), Charles A. Wolfe (Encinitas, Calif.), Peter C. Camana (La Mesa, Calif.), Stuart N. Shanken (San Diego) and Thomas J. Allen (Oceanside, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Link 16 terminal. The Link 16 terminal includes a red enclave. The red enclave comprises a Link 16 radio. The Link 16 radio is configured to send commands to Link 16 modems. The commands specify time slots when operations in the commands should be perf...