{"id":220266,"date":"2025-08-16T16:08:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T21:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/darpas-laser-leap-proves-energy-can-fly-like-data-as-800-watt-beam-sets-distance-record-and-opens-door-to-uav-and-space-uses"},"modified":"2025-08-16T16:08:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T21:08:31","slug":"darpas-laser-leap-proves-energy-can-fly-like-data-as-800-watt-beam-sets-distance-record-and-opens-door-to-uav-and-space-uses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/darpas-laser-leap-proves-energy-can-fly-like-data-as-800-watt-beam-sets-distance-record-and-opens-door-to-uav-and-space-uses","title":{"rendered":"DARPA\u2019s Laser Leap Proves \u201cEnergy can fly like data\u201d as 800-Watt Beam Sets Distance Record and Opens Door to UAV and Space Uses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/darpas-laser-leap-proves-energy-can-fly-like-data-as-800-watt-beam-sets-distance-record-and-opens-door-to-uav-and-space-uses.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>IN A NUTSHELL \ud83d\ude80 A DARPA-led team set a new record by transmitting 800 watts over 5.3 miles using optical power beaming. \u26a1 Power beaming could revolutionize energy delivery to remote locations and reduce logistical challenges. \ud83d\udd2c The breakthrough involved a customized receiver and a high-energy optical laser to maximize efficiency. \ud83c\udf0d Future phases aim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IN A NUTSHELL \ud83d\ude80 A DARPA-led team set a new record by transmitting 800 watts over 5.3 miles using optical power beaming. \u26a1 Power beaming could revolutionize energy delivery to remote locations and reduce logistical challenges. \ud83d\udd2c The breakthrough involved a customized receiver and a high-energy optical laser to maximize efficiency. \ud83c\udf0d Future phases aim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1497,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}