Articles about Laser beams

Illustration: Satellite with laser light hitting solar arrays

Pulse Space wins $40M contract from Space Force to work on space laser power system

Seattle-area startup says its technology could be used for orbital tracking and communication as well as for beamed power. Read More

Fixed-wing drone in the air, seen from below

PowerLight’s laser power beaming system keeps a drone in the air for hours during Pentagon test flights

Wireless technology could keep military drones flying indefinitely, or be adapted as a directed-energy defense system for countering drones. Read More

Lumotive's William Colleran and Gleb Akselrod

How Lumotive will put metamaterials in self-driving cars, with Bill Gates’ backing

BELLEVUE, Wash. — A succession of spinouts supported by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has taken an unorthodox technology known as… Read More

Charging your smartphone with lasers? Engineers say it’s not as scary as it sounds

Engineers at the University of Washington have demonstrated that it’s possible to charge up your smartphone using laser beams. Perhaps… Read More

LaserMotive makes a switch to PowerLight and focuses on beaming power over fiber

The company formerly known as LaserMotive is coming out of stealth mode with a new name — PowerLight Technologies — and a… Read More

Lasermotive's David Bashford and Tom Nugent

LaserMotive raises $1.5 million to boost innovations in laser power transmission

LaserMotive, a stealthy pioneer in laser-based power transmission that’s based in Kent, Wash., has raised more than $1.5 million in… Read More

Coast Guard aborts copter training mission after Port Angeles laser flash

The U.S. Coast Guard says it had to cut a helicopter training mission short on Monday night after the airborne crew… Read More

Boeing unveils invisible laser beam that can take down drones in 15 seconds

It’s not laser-beams-mounted-on-sharks cool, but it’s still fairly cool. Boeing unveiled this video of its Compact Laser Weapons System yesterday.… Read More