US Patent Issued to Rockwell Collins on Sept. 15 for "Sensor fusion-based GCS for AESA radar via adaptive pattern null forming" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,655, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Rockwell Collins Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

"Sensor fusion-based GCS for AESA radar via adaptive pattern null forming" was invented by James B. West (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Venkata A. Sishtla (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Jiwon L Moran (Marion, Iowa) and Orion D. Davies (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft radar system includes an antenna, a processor, and a data storage element. The data storage element includes geolocation data of ground-based structures that are likely to produce ground clutter. Based on the location and orientation of the aircraft, the processor determines...