ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,558, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to MatrixSpace Inc. (Burlington, Mass.).

"Methods and systems for implementing and using dual-mode radar and communications devices" was invented by Dan William Nobbe (Crystal Lake, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for implementing and using dual-mode radar and communications devices. An example dual-mode module may support at least a radar mode and a data communications mode, and may have one or more antennas that include at least a first phased array antenna and a second phased array antenna, one or more processing shared between the radar mode and the data ...