PowerLight Technologies

In September PowerLight CTO and co-founder, Tom Nugent, Jr., gave a great webinar presentation all about the basics of power beaming. If you have any questions about the basics of power beaming technology, this is a great resource. Thanks again to National Defense Industrial Association - (NDIA) ETI | Emerging Technologies Institute for hosting us! https://lnkd.in/gDvPjQQg

On Tuesday October 22nd, PowerLight Technologies' Richard Gustafson, Tom Nugent, Jr., and Mike Hartnett supported our CENTCOM partner Doug Brown in presenting our proposal for laser power beaming to Group 2 UAS to the Operational Energy - Innovation's OEPF review board. We have already begun work on the project, PTROL-UAS ("Power TRansmitted Over Laser to Unmanned Aerial Systems"), and are excited to see the broadening support and enthusiasm for this capability.

Another big thank you to our amazing employees at PowerLight for pitching in to keep our office's neighborhood clean and tidy. We had great fall weather for our City of Kent, Washington Adopt-a-Street pickup.

As PowerLight and other industry leaders have developed and set up shop in South King County, leadership in our area understands that new challenges, including infrastructure, work force, and technology, present themselves regularly. Now is the time to convene and discuss how these challenges, and opportunities, can be addressed and leveraged to help the Kent Valley and surrounding areas thrive in our environment. Earlier this week, PowerLight COO, Bob Zak, met with City of Kent, Washington Mayor, Dana Ralph, and other leadership within the air and space manufacturing industry from the Kent Valley to discuss these hurdles and the best approach to addressing them early, and will continue the conversation for the foreseeable future. Thank you, Mayor Ralph, for setting up this time to discuss next steps for the aerospace manufacturing industry in our area, and keeping our growth top of mind. Check out PowerLight's website (www.PowerLightTech.com) to learn more about PowerLight and what we do right here in the Kent valley. #powerbeaming #lasers #aerospace #kentwa

Mike Hartnett, PowerLight’s VP of Business Development, attended and gave a presentation last month at National Defense Industrial Association - (NDIA)’s ETI conference last month where he spoke on the importance of power beaming in military operations providing autonomy and freedom at scale for power distribution throughout the battlefield, specifically when powering UAS platforms. As Mike said in his presentation, and attached summary, “Wireless power beaming is a way of delivering high levels of power, safely, over long distances, using a beam of light. Hundreds, even thousands of watts can be sent safely through the air when it’s physically impossible, too costly, or too dangerous to sustain UAS in any other way.” Thank you Mike for your advocacy and work with PowerLight and the power beaming industry. Check out the document attached for a summary of Mike's talking points at the conference.

PowerLight Technologies COO Bob Zak recently attended and spoke at a roundtable discussion with Washington State Representative Adam Smith, together with the City of Kent, Washington, regarding the state of the space industry, specifically for space-focused companies around western Washington, and their cooperation and collaboration with the US and Washington state government. Kent, where PowerLight is headquartered, and surrounding areas are home to dozens of aerospace manufacturing and research & development companies, making this the perfect setting to discuss industry-government partnership. Thank you, Rep. Smith and City of Kent, for hosting this discussion and keeping the western Washington space industry top of mind. Visit www.powerlighttech.com to learn more about PowerLight and our continued development of ground-breaking power beaming projects. #aerospace #manufacturing #powerbeaming 

Don't miss PowerLight's CTO and co-founder Tom Nugent, Jr.'s presentation for National Defense Industrial Association - (NDIA) ETI - Tech 101: Power Beaming. The presentation will cover the basics of power beaming and explain that "by delivering this 'whenever/wherever' connection, power beaming becomes a key enabler of the next wave of connectivity. It is an emerging technology that could reshape how we generate and distribute energy and how our devices and autonomous systems are applied." Register today! https://lnkd.in/gTCVARgc

Mark your calendars for this presentation from PowerLight's own Tom Nugent, Jr. Good luck and thanks for all you do, Tom.

What a cool technology from a fellow HAPS Alliance member, Aerostar (Aerostar International LLC), to help fight wildfires. Great work!

A big thank you to Megan Utemei and the rest of the team from Senator Patty Murray's office for coming to our Kent, WA office earlier this week. We appreciated your time and commitment to PowerLight and our drive to improve #PowerBeaming technology. And thanks to the PowerLight team: Tom Nugent, Jr., Richard Gustafson, and Katherine Rowe