Air Force Funds Wireless Energy Beaming for Persistent Perched Drones

By Aamir Khollam · Interesting Engineering · 2026-08-04

According to Interesting Engineering, Reach Power and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s NIMBUS Lab have secured an AFWERX contract to explore wireless power transmission for military unmanned systems. The team is testing whether energy delivered remotely can sustain drones whi

According to Interesting Engineering, Reach Power and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s NIMBUS Lab have secured an AFWERX contract to explore wireless power transmission for military unmanned systems. The team is testing whether energy delivered remotely can sustain drones whi