New ground-based laser can extend drone flight time indefinitely

Lockheed Martin has demonstrated technology in partnership with LaserMotive which can extend the flight time of their “Stalker” drone by 2,400 percent using a ground-based laser and potentially allow the drone to stay in the air indefinitely.

http://lasermotive.com/2012/07/11/successful-48-hour-laser-powered-...

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Comment by Phillip Jones on July 13, 2012 at 3:09pm: I talked to the guys at laser motive about a year ago when they were searching for uav partners. Fun fact, for an early demonstration the auto-tracking wasn't ready yet. So they got a kid who was good at video games to aim the laser! Now it's all automated, pretty cool system.

Comment by Helldesk on July 14, 2012 at 7:01am: Canada's Communications Research Centre accomplished the same and more in the '80s with power beamed with microwaves.

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