uav power links commercial aircraft technology wireless power overview power over fiber papers & reports news press releases media coverage awards and honors about company history video about lm executive staff tom nugent dave bashford jordin kare additional staff team lasermotive sponsors contact welcome to lasermotive ... lasermotive is a seattle based company developing wireless power delivery systems using laser beams to transmit electricity without wires for applications where wires are either cost prohibitive or physically impractical . we launched the company by winning the 2009 nasa centennial challenges power beaming challenge and taking home the level 1 prize . we founded lasermotive on our belief in wireless power as a powerful solution for a variety of applications near term and in the future on earth and especially in space . recent advances in commercial laser technology are bringing many exciting applications within the reach of economic and technical viability from powering underwater sensors and drones to launching rockets via laser power to beaming limitless solar energy from space to the earth . the power beaming challenge followed by a record setting flight of a uav for 150 times battery life have been excellent initial steps along lasermotive s path to realizing the physical and economic viability of laser power beaming . main markets technology news about contact