POWER: Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay, Subscale Aerial Demonstration (Phase 2) DARPA-PS-25-17
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AI-generated · Aug 23, 2025Develop, demonstrate, and validate an airborne wireless energy relay that can redirect ground-sourced high-energy laser beams over long distances to deliver power.
In Phase 2 (six months), develop a single integrated subscale relay hosted at an altitude of at least 1.5 km to demonstrate beam redirection, correction, and harvesting relay functions. The culminating demonstration will occur at the High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility (HELSTF) at White Sands Missile Range, using an existing HELSTF laser as the source, with the subscale relay redirecting the beam to a ground receiver.
The Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program seeks to build, demonstrate, and validate an airborne wireless energy relay capability that can provide for the redirection of ground-sourced high-energy laser beams over long distances for power delivery. The 6-month Phase 2 effort described in this solicitation seeks to reduce risk in the realization of this capability through the development of a single, integrated subscale relay hosted at an altitude of at least 1.5 km for demonstration of beam redirection, correction, and harvesting relay functions. The culminating demonstration is planned to be held at the High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility (HELSTF) at White Sands Missile Range and will employ an existing HELSTF laser as the source. The subscale relay shall redirect the beam to a receiver site on the ground.
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