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1 May, 2026

Volta Sets World Record in Power-Over-Fiber: Electrical Power Delivered over 1 Kilometer

Demonstration validates architecture for emergency and tactical optical energy grids

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IN THE PRESS

Volta Selected for NATO DIANA Accelerator

Volta is proud to announce its selection to the NATO Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) Challenge Programme.  Our work will advance a novel optical-power solution designed to keep small uncrewed aerial systems persistently…

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Volta Selected for Dcubed Power Beaming LEO Demo Mission

The Canadian Space Agency awarded $16 million to pioneer advanced space technologies.

A spacecraft with solar panels and a large blue beam of energy or light emanating from it, set against the backdrop of outer space filled with stars.

Volta Space Technologies U.S., in partnership with Cornell University’s Space Systems Design Studio and Magma Space, has been awarded a NASA Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract…..

Volta Awarded NASA STTR

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Volta and ispace US agree on strategic joint “Survive the Night” capability for Lunar missions.

11 May, 2026

Arctic Operations: Volta PoF-Powered Drone Operates Battery-Free at -40 °C for 2.5 Hours

Validation at UQAC AMIL Anti-Icing International Laboratory confirms cold-climate readiness of optical energy delivery for Arctic, defence, and emergency response applications

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NASA Awards $500K in First Phase of $5M Watts on the Moon Challenge

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Government of Canada Selects 10 Companies for SoCal-Canadian Space Accelerator.

Volta’s First LightPort is going to the Moon

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Volta Space Technologies, a space and defense technology company leading the way in enabling future missions to survive the lunar night, announced selection of

Volta’s 2027 LEO and lunar demonstrations will advance orbital power beaming, clearing the path for our 2028 Low Lunar Orbit constellation mission…