ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,803, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Tactical high power microwave antenna pedestal" was invented by Michael A. Toomey (Marlborough, Mass.), Paul J. Marchetti (Dracut, Mass.), Steven P. Kemp (Boxborough, Mass.), Derek P. Rocca (Stow, Mass.) and Earl M. Dressel (Albuquerque, N.M.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna system comprises a reflector subsystem, a rotatable support structure and a support member. The reflector subsystem receives an input beam and reflects the input beam to produce an output beam steered in elevation by an elevation reflector and in azimuth by an azimuth reflector, toward...