US Patent Issued to Northrop Grumman Systems on Aug. 25 for "Aerial vehicle having antenna assemblies, antenna assemblies, and related methods and components" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,172, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. (Falls Church, Va.).

"Aerial vehicle having antenna assemblies, antenna assemblies, and related methods and components" was invented by Mark Russell Goldberg (Simi Valley, Calif.), Harold Kregg Hunsberger (Simi Valley, Calif.) and Helen J. Mills (Northridge, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerial vehicle includes a body and an antenna assembly mounted to the body. The antenna assembly includes a fairing component comprising a hollow body, a conductive coating formed on at least an inner surface of the fairing component, a plurality of antenna elements for...