US Patent Issued to SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE on April 21 for "Device for detecting, by a drone, at least one approaching manned aircraft and associated method for detecting" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,038, issued on April 21, was assigned to SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE (Paris).

"Device for detecting, by a drone, at least one approaching manned aircraft and associated method for detecting" was invented by Julien Farjon (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Vianney Quilici (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for detecting, by a drone, at least one manned aircraft, the manned aircraft emitting at least one positioning message comprising at least one altitude data, the detection device having a receiver to receive the positioning message and to measure its reception strength, a calculator configured to compare a...