ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,489, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to TRAK TECOM Corp. (Tampa, Fla.).

"Systems and methods for phase monopulse beam pointing" was invented by James Allan Wilkerson Jr. (Melbourne, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beam pointing system is provided. The beam pointing system includes first and second antenna segments positioned at first and second locations and configured to produce first and second beam signals in response to receiving a beam from a source and a digital signal processor (DSP) coupled in communication with the first and second antenna segments. The DSP is configured to receive the first and second beam signals, comp...