US Patent Issued to Wing Aviation on March 31 for "Drag reduction device for externally carried payloads on aircraft" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,857, issued on March 31, was assigned to Wing Aviation LLC (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Drag reduction device for externally carried payloads on aircraft" was invented by Andre Peter Prager (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a fuselage extending along a first direction from a rear end to a front end. The fuselage has a cross-sectional area at an intermediate position between the front and rear end. An external payload storage area is positioned at the intermediate position and is configured to receive a payload that is secured to the fuselage and that extends laterally outward from t...