US Laser Power Beaming Hits Test Milestone for In-Flight Drone Recharging

Landing to recharge may soon be optional.

PowerLight Technologies has cleared a major hurdle in its push to keep military drones in the air, completing development and subsystem testing of its laser power beaming system for unmanned aircraft.

Developed under the Power TRansmitted Over Laser to UAS (PTROL-UAS) program — backed in part by US Central Command — the technology targets one of military drones’ biggest constraints: the need to land to recharge.

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