Die US-Armee nutzt Raytheon, um Treibstoffleitungen durch Strahlungsenergie zu ersetzen
https://newatlas.com/military/us-army-taps-raytheon-replace-fuel-lines-beam/
Die US-Armee nutzt Raytheon, um Treibstoffleitungen durch Strahlungsenergie zu ersetzen
https://newatlas.com/military/us-army-taps-raytheon-replace-fuel-lines-beam/
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From the article
>In a move to make military logistics simpler by eliminating the need to move fuel and batteries around battlefields, the US Army has awarded [Raytheon](https://newatlas.com/military/raytheon-airborne-wireless-power/?itm_source=newatlas&itm_medium=article-body) a contract to develop a directed energy wireless power system that can beam energy to where it’s needed.
Also from the article
>The idea behind the new Army contract under the Department of Defense’s Operational Energy Strategy is for Raytheon’s Advanced Technology team to replace much of these supply lines with beams of high-energy coherent microwaves that are transmitted from a secure generator to forward positions where it’s converted back into electricity.
>The idea of wireless power isn’t new. It’s been around since the days of Nikola Tesla and has been regularly revived with the dream of whole cities plucking energy out of the air like a radio broadcast. Unfortunately, the laws of physics make such a thing completely impractical and the closest thing we have to such a thing today are the wireless chargers used to top up smartphones and smart watches.
>This resulted in a series of demonstrations, with one in 1975 transmitting 475 W of microwave power across a distance of a mile (1.6 km) and then converted to DC electricity with an efficiency of 54%. At least one commercial system has been developed in New Zealand as a way of sending power to remote communities.
I wonder what the improvemnet is from 1975?
This aint going well, im assuming the efficiency loss will be to great to consider using practically
Probably dual purpose. If it can power a forward base, it can probably also cook a commercial drone.