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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

PowerLight Technologies is excited to join the HAPS Alliance. “The mission of the HAPS Alliance is to unlock the potential of Earth’s stratosphere as the next great frontier for advancements to enhance connectivity around the globe. As the portion of space that is closest to Earth’s atmosphere, the stratosphere is positioned...

“DARPA’s aim is not to bring electricity to homes but to deliver energy to places where it would prove difficult, expensive, or dangerous to reach with grid infrastructure or fuel or battery shipments.” DARPA’s Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) power-beaming initiative was recently featured on IEEE’s website, featuring insight...

Earlier this year, PowerLight welcomed the Honorable Heidi Shyu, Chief Technology Officer for the Department of Defense (DoD), to tour our new office space. During the visit, PowerLight “showcased its cutting-edge wireless power beaming and power over fiber solutions that are supporting some of DoD’s most pressing logistical challenges.” “Throughout...

A recent article featured in The Debrief has promoted PowerLight’s relationship with DARPA and their efforts to utilize power beaming to provide power to remote locations, such as the battlefield. “DARPA wants to use lasers to send energy directly to war zones. This is the wireless power beaming technology that...

September 1, 2023, Kent, WA – PowerLight Technologies, a leader in remote power delivery using laser power beaming, is excited to announce its membership in the Industrial Affiliates program at the College of Optics and Photonics (CREOL), University of Central Florida (UCF). This partnership is a step forward in PowerLight’s mission...

DARPA seeks to enable a near-instantaneous energy transport system for U.S. military operations with contested logistics and/or multi-domain operations. PowerLight laser power beaming technology is a key component. August 22, 2023, Kent, WA – PowerLight Technologies, the leading developer of safe, long-distance wireless power beaming solutions for kilowatt class power levels over...

August 1, 2023, Kent, WA – PowerLight Technologies, the leading developer of safe, long-distance wireless power beaming solutions for kilowatt class power levels over kilometers of distance, today announced it shipped the first-ever power over fiber (PoF) prototype for telecom applications to a major US telecom company. This prototype distributes power without...

Showcases the potential for “dual-use” DE Class Weapons Systems that provide DoD unique new operational flexibility for energy distribution, improved return on investment.  Demonstration conducted as part of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Safe and Continuous Power Beaming Optical (SCOPE-O) initiative  July, 2022, Kent, WA – PowerLight Technologies, the leading developer...

July 1, 2023, Kent, WA – PowerLight Technologies, the leading developer of safe, long-distance wireless power beaming solutions for kilowatt class power levels over kilometers of distance, today announced it has named former NeoPhonics CEO Tim Jenks to its Board of Advisors. Jenks left NeoPhotonics as Chairman and CEO after completing...

June 9, 2023, Kent, WA – PowerLight Technologies, the leading developer of safe, long-distance wireless power beaming solutions for kilowatt class power levels over kilometers of distance, announced that CTO Tom Nugent presented on “Trends in Optical Power Beaming” at the 2023 IEEE Wireless Power Technologies Conference and Expo (WPTCE), taking...

June 8, 2023, Kent, WA – PowerLight Technologies was issued U.S. Patent No. 11,681,071 for a safety system for free space power beaming. PLT now holds 17 U.S. patents, in addition to a number of foreign patents and worldwide applications. Power beaming involves transmitting optical power from a laser to a receiver...

April 22, 2023, Kent, WA – PowerLight Technologies, the leading developer of safe, long-distance wireless power beaming solutions for kilowatt class power levels over kilometers of distance, announced that CTO Tom Nugent presented a plenary talk on “The Present and Future of Laser Power Beaming: Capabilities & Customers,” at the 5th Optical Wireless and...

Power beaming has long been a dream of engineers and innovators. Defined as the point-to-point transfer of electrical energy by a directed electromagnetic beam, the idea originated from Serbian-American physicist Nikola Tesla at the turn of the 20th century. After decades of alternating between optimism and abandonment, power beaming is...

  SEATTLE, Oct. 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PowerLight Technologies is excited to welcome Luis Spinelli as our newest advisory board member.  As a 35-year veteran of the photonics industry, the author of many technical and scientific papers, and with over 45 patents, Luis brings exceptional technical expertise and a wealth...

PowerLight is proud to be the latest recipient of the 2022 FiReStarter award, thanks to their trailblazing wireless power beaming technology. Given the FiReStarter community’s focus on technologies that promise to address the world’s most pressing issues, PowerLight is excited to be included in a long line of hugely successful...

Ericsson has teamed up with US laser specialist PowerLight Technologies to achieve a safe, fully wireless-powered 5G base station for the deployment of Radio Access Network (RAN) sites. The proof-of-concept (PoC) demo milestone was achieved recently in Seattle using optical beaming, a laser-based technology that converts electricity into high-intensity light...

Beaming power wirelessly using laser beams has been the stuff of science fiction for decades — but Kent, Wash.-based PowerLight Technologies and Ericsson, the Swedish-based multinational telecommunications company, have shown how it can become a reality for 5G wireless service. It may take a couple of years for PowerLight’s beamed-power...

Ericsson aspires to deliver 5G connectivity without linking to the power grid by wirelessly powering base stations with lasers. To that end, the infrastructure vendor has teamed up with laser specialist PowerLight Technologies to develop the first base station wirelessly powered by a laser. The pair have demonstrated a proof-of-concept...

In trials, PowerLight’s system transmitted “hundreds of watts over hundreds of meters through the air” to power up a 5G cellular base station, according to Ericsson, which ran the demo in cooperation with PowerLight using an Ericsson Streetmacro 6701 base station. (It consumes a maximum of 300W.) Read Full Article...

Ericsson has taken a major step towards commercialising wireless power transmission in a “larger-scale” system – effectively taking the wireless charging technology that’s becoming increasingly common in our smartphones and using it to get the juice flowing to something much, much bigger. Read Full Article Here

The proof-of-concept (PoC) demo milestone was achieved recently in Seattle using optical beaming – a laser-based technology that converts electricity into high-intensity light which is then captured and transformed to electricity at the radio base station. Read Full Article Here

As a result of Ericsson’s constant pursuit of new technology to improve the deployment of Radio Access Network (RAN) sites, the company has teamed up with U.S. laser innovator, PowerLight Technologies, to achieve the first safe, fully wireless-powered 5G base station. The proof-of-concept (PoC) demo milestone was achieved recently in...

SEATTLE, Oct. 4, 2021 — Multinational telecommunications firm Ericsson and Seattle-based PowerLight Technologies reported the successful demonstration of a fully wireless-powered 5G base station. The proof-of-concept used PowerLight’s optical beaming capabilities to convert electricity into high-intensity light that is then captured and converted to electricity at the radio base station....

Kent-based energy transmission startup PowerLight Technologies has partnered with Swedish telecommunications giant Ericsson to provide power for a Seattle 5G base station — wirelessly. The proof-of-concept demonstration used laser technology and photovoltaic panels on a rooftop to transmit power hundreds of meters through the air. Read Full Article Here

Beaming power wirelessly using laser beams has been the stuff of science fiction for decades — but Kent, Wash.-based PowerLight Technologies and Ericsson, the Swedish-based multinational telecommunications company, have shown how it can become a reality for 5G wireless service. It may take a couple of years for PowerLight’s beamed-power...

Ericsson is claiming a world-first in a proof-of-concept that used laser beam technology to power a 5G base station completely wirelessly, without any electric grid connection or on-site power generation. The demo took place in Seattle and used optical beaming with partner PowerLight Technologies. Laser-based optical beaming technology converts electricity...

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The Power Transmitted Over Laser (PTROL) project safely and wirelessly transmits energy to a specific receiver. This has been a multi-year project. Phase III demonstrated PTROL is on the path to mount a receiver that’s light enough and powerful enough to be flown on a drone. Power beaming is undetectable...

Like mobile connectivity before it, persistent power will transform the way we design, deploy, and harness networks in the 21st century. Persistent power is defined as clean, safe, platform-agnostic power that is available on demand, where it is needed. Persistent power is made possible by revolutionary advances in wireless laser...

In 2020, there were 22 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters across the United States, shattering the previous annual record of 16 events, which occurred in 2017 and 2011.The billion-dollar events of 2020 included a record seven (7) disasters linked to tropical cyclones, thirteen (13) to severe storms, one (1)...

It was the second day of a three-day-long tech demonstration at the David Taylor Model Basin at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Bethesda, Maryland, where attendees had gathered to stand around in the dark to look at something they mostly couldn’t see. It was a long-range, free-space power beaming...

PowerLight Technologies Adds Lieutenant General Stephen Lanza, United States Army (Retired), to its Advisory Board SEATTLE, Oct. 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PowerLight Technologies (formerly LaserMotive) a pioneer in optical power delivery for industrial and military applications, today announced that Lieutenant General Stephen Lanza, former Commanding General of the United States Army I...

SEATTLE, WA, January 29, 2019—PowerLight Technologies today announced Scott I. Anderson has joined the company as a Board Member. Mr. Anderson is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Northeast Wireless Networks, LLC, where he has served since 2013. Prior to joining Northeast Wireless Networks, LLC and since 1997-98, Mr....

Feb 15, 2018 In the January issue of Laser Focus World, the leadership and technology team at Vancouver-based nLight weighed in on the falling prices of lasers, a precipitous decline that has taken place over the past 20 years. As part of the article they included a graph illustrating dollars...

PowerLight Technologies CEO Richard Gustafson believes that the power-beaming technology his company is developing could change the world. Take Puerto Rico, where thousands of people are still without power after Hurricane Maria devastated the island. “Imagine an emergency ship moored offshore, beaming power to where it’s needed in a post-hurricane or earthquake response...

Proven to Transfer Hundreds of Watts over Hundreds of Meters. Aimed at industry sectors including Aerospace, UAVs, Telecom, Disaster Response, Border Safety and more. Also names three key advisors   SEATTLE, WA, December 11, 2017—PowerLight Technologies, formerly known as LaserMotive, today announces it is the first company to bring high-power, long distance optical...

Underscores transition to commercialize its Optical Beaming Technology for industry sectors including UAVs, Communications/Telecom, Disaster Response, Border Safety, etc.   SEATTLE, WA, November XX, 2017—LaserMotive, a pioneer in the development of optical beaming technology that uses high-intensity light to transfer kilowatts of power wirelessly through free-space or via optical fiber for...

July 11, 2012 We are proud to announce that Lockheed Martin issued a press release today about a joint test with LaserMotive using laser power to keep their Stalker UAS powered for more than 48 hours. We’ll post more details soon! Here’s the text of the release: PALMDALE, Calif., July...

March 26, 2012 LaserMotive congratulates Avery Rich, a ninth-grader at Cedarcrest High School in Duvall, WA, for her prize winning Science Fair project, entitled “Beaming Power: Can Lasers Be Used To Transfer Energy Efficiently?” Avery approached us in October about mentoring her in her research project, and we are delighted...

May 12, 2011 As blogged earlier, LaserMotive met with a number of media during SPIE last month, including Photonics Online, one of the leading publications covering laser technology. This week, Photonics Online editorial director Jim Pomager, who met with LaserMotive during the Conference, has informed us that LaserMotive will be featured...

May 10, 2011 As part of our presence at SPIE’s Defense, Security & Sensing conference and trade show, LaserMotive was interviewed by the local Fox TV affiliate WOFL on the topic of laser power beaming. Company president Tom Nugent spoke with WOFL’s reporter. The station also shot footage of the various electric...

Aug 23, 2010 LaserMotive issued a press release today: “LaserMotive to Demonstrate Laser-Powered Helicopter at the AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems North America 2010”  Come see us and the heli in booth #227 all this week at the AUVSI Unmanned Systems conference and trade show. KENT, WA–(Marketwire – 08/23/10) – LaserMotive, an...