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PowerLight Technologies was recently featured in GeekWire in an in-depth look at our latest breakthrough: the successful demonstration of kilowatt-class wireless power beaming to a military-grade drone in flight. The article, “PowerLight’s laser power beaming system keeps a drone in the air for hours during Pentagon test flights,” highlights a series of demonstrations conducted this …

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PowerLight Technologies was recently featured in an iHLS (Israel Homeland Security) article discussing the latest advancements in laser power beaming technology. In the article, “New System Uses Lasers to Power Drones Mid-Flight,” explores how our wireless power solutions are poised to solve one of the most critical challenges in modern aviation: flight endurance. As highlighted …

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Tesla’s dream of wireless power transmission has long captured imaginations. A new article from EDN, “Tesla’s wireless‑power ‘dream’ gets closer to reality — maybe,” offers a compelling update on how that vision is inching toward practical demonstration. What’s particularly exciting (and validating) for us at PowerLight Technologies is that optical power beaming is now being …

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PowerLight was recently featured in Northwest Aerospace News Magazine in conjunction with Pacific Northwest Mission Acceleration Center (PNW MAC), who visited our office with their DIANA cohort last year. Our partnership with PNW MAC has led to advantageous relationships with multiple organizations and has strengthened our standing within the small business tech space. Thank you PNW MAC for the …

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Airforce-Technology.com released this informative overview of the many applications for power beaming. From beaming power across vast distances on the surface of the moon, powering moving drones in the air, to dual use (directed energy weaponization combined with power distribution) opportunities within the US military, power beaming is now recognized as the next frontier in on …

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In recent years HAPS (High Altitude Platform Stations) have garnered increasing interest in commercial and defense applications. They hold great promise for many applications, especially continuous and far-reaching communication transmission, however there is still some ways to go before HAPS will be able to accomplish the highly ambitious objectives expected of them. Obstacles to these …

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PowerLight Technologies was featured in this November, 2024 article published by SPIE and featured in their Photonics Focus publication. The article delves into the challenges faced when power is needed to reach vast distances, especially in rugged, challenging terrain. PowerLight’s work on DARPA‘s POWER program aims to tackle those issues using power beaming from a transmitter at one point, beaming power up …

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Mike Hartnett, PowerLight’s VP of Business Development, attended and gave a presentation last month at National Defense Industrial Association – (NDIA)’s ETI conference last month where he spoke on the importance of power beaming in military operations providing autonomy and freedom at scale for power distribution throughout the battlefield, specifically when powering UAS platforms. As …

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Tom Nugent, PowerLight Technologies co-founder and CTO, was featured in a new podcast about power beaming from Arun Seraphin and his team at National Defense Industrial Association – (NDIA)‘s ETI | Emerging Technologies Institute! In addition to being on YouTube, and also on any podcast app (Apple Podcasts, Spotify) under the channel “Emerging Tech Horizons” there are also other options at their website.

EEPower.com recently published an article regarding PowerLight’s endeavor with Blue Origin for DARPA’s LunA-10 program. As PowerLight’s CTO, Tom Nugent, told EEPower, “To live and work on the Moon, we’ll need reliable access to energy. Although NASA and DARPA are working with industry players to develop power generation systems designed for supporting longer stays on the lunar surface, additional infrastructure …

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