US Patent Issued to Rockwell Collins on July 28 for "Ground clutter suppression and runway imaging via radar ground mapping" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,408, issued on July 28, was assigned to Rockwell Collins Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

"Ground clutter suppression and runway imaging via radar ground mapping" was invented by James B. West (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) and Venkata A. Sishtla (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radar system includes an AESA and at least one ground mapping linear array that operate on a separate receive channel and send I/Q digital terrain mapping data to a radar processing unit. The linear arrays provide constant ground mapping. The AESA may have more than one panel. Panels may be arranged as a chevron with the linear arrays disposed at the peri...