DARPA Program Sets Distance Record for Power Beaming

June 15th, 2025

The terminator robots will never run out of power.

Via: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency:

In a series of recent tests in New Mexico, the Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program achieved several new records for transmitting power over distance. The team recorded more than 800 watts of power delivered during a 30-second transmission from a laser 8.6 kilometers (5.3 miles) away. Over the course of the test campaign, more than a megajoule of energy was transferred.

Previously, the greatest reported distance records for an appreciable amount of optical power (>1 microwatt) were 230 watts of average power at 1.7 kilometers for 25 seconds and a lesser (but undisclosed) amount of power at 3.7 kilometers.

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The technology is scalable to higher power levels and can be integrated into different platforms, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), to support the long-term needs of the POWER program.

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One Response to “DARPA Program Sets Distance Record for Power Beaming”

  1. Snowman says:
    June 16, 2025 at 6:16 am

    It’s “Planet of the Apes” except with robots instead of apes.

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