ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,483, issued on March 24, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Modular circuit card assembly for advanced training applications" was invented by Gregory K. Toy (Tucson, Ariz.), Alexandra Beresford (Tucson, Ariz.), Joshua J. Johnson (Marana, Ariz.), Christopher Velez (Tucson, Ariz.) and Maxwell Kirkpatrick (Lawrence, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly comprises, in operable communication, a processor, a communications system, a sensory subsystem, a health management system, and a security system, where the assembly is configured to interface between a simulation system and a computer system that controls the s...