US Patent Issued to Orbital Research on June 30 for "Control actuation system, devices and methods for missiles, munitions and projectiles" (Ohio, Maryland, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,316, issued on June 30, was assigned to Orbital Research Inc. (Cleveland).

"Control actuation system, devices and methods for missiles, munitions and projectiles" was invented by Michael Jankowski (Winter Garden, Fla.), Anthony Opperman (Wickliffe, Ohio) and Vincent Cozza (Potomac, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are presented for control of munitions, missiles and projectiles in flight and more particularly with the use of activatable or deployable flow effectors that remain stowed or inactive during launch or firing, and can be actuated after launch or firing on demand. More specifically, systems and methods ...