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How US firm plans to beam solar power from orbit after world-first aircraft laser test
Flying over Pennsylvania, the small airplane wirelessly beamed power down to receivers on the ground. The flight test marked ...
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Startup details plan to beam down energy from space after aircraft laser test: 'It's the first time anyone's really done [this]'
The company’s long-term vision involves satellites positioned 22,000 miles above Earth. Startup details plan to beam down ...
Data from a recent integrated ground test of the Alpha high-energy laser, its beam director telescope and the associated beam alignment and correction system have provided the team developing the ...
Planned flight testing of a high-energy laser directed energy weapon on a U.S. Air Force AC-130J Ghostrider gunship has been pushed back again to next year. This once looked set to be the service's ...
An incredible image buried deep in an annual military report released last month shows the U.S. Navy test-firing a high-powered laser weapon at a drone target from one of its warships. The photo of ...
Scientists at the European Space Agency used a laser to communicate with a spacecraft 165 million miles (265 million kilometers) away in deep space for the first time, marking a major step forward in ...
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