Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬
Researchers Beam Wireless Power From a Moving Airplane
Flight marked first time power has been beamed from a moving aircraft. It was conducted by Virginia-based #startup #OverviewEnergy.
Greater purpose of flight was to demonstrate feasibility of a much grander ambition: to beam power from #space to Earth. Overview plans to launch satellites into geosynchronous orbit to collect unfiltered #solar energy where the sun never sets and then beam this abundance back to humanity
https://spectrum.ieee.org/wireless-power-movin-airplane
Wireless Power Beamed From Moving Aircraft

Can we beam space-based solar power back to Earth? Startup Overview Energy demonstrates wireless power beaming from a moving aircraft.

IEEE Spectrum
Jan 14 at 11:04amWeb
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@BenjaminHCCarr

Cool, you can nearly power one small microwave oven!

Except when it is foggy or there is smoke.

"The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in July 2025 set a new record for wirelessly transmitting power: 800 watts over 8.6 kilometers for 30 seconds using a laser beam. "