And connected to the charging port of conventional mobile phones, the laser energy can be converted into electrical energy with the help of special equipment. Russian personnel said in an interview that the technology will be used to remotely charge aerospace equipment such as drones or artificial satellites in the future. It can be seen from the tests of the United States and Russia that the laser pointer charging technology has great development potential in the future military and aerospace fields, and it is foreseeable that it will be one of the largest applications in the future.
It can extend the endurance of military drones almost limitlessly (only limited by the laser energy of the platform). Once the technology of the laser recharging device is perfected and its size is greatly reduced, the device can be installed on armored vehicles, warships and even transport aircraft to perform “recharge operations” for drone groups in flight, just like today’s aerial refueling . Unlike aerial refueling, the laser charging system can not only charge multiple drones at the same time.
Moreover, there is no need to keep UAVs in formation or on fixed routes, which will undoubtedly greatly increase the operational flexibility and battlefield survivability of UAVs and powered platforms. In addition, the laser pointers charging system can not only refuel the drone with flying fuel, but can even include weapons, such as the energy required for directed energy weapons. Perhaps in the near future, drone swarms envisioned in the past in science-fiction movies that do not need to land and can fight for multiple consecutive days will become a reality, and people will wait and see.