found: Work cat.: Beamed energy propulsion, c2008:pref. (Beamed energy propulsion (BEP) is achieved when the energy is beamed to the vehicle from a remote source; includes laser propulsion and energy transfers using microwave, X-ray and even particle beams) p. 3 (Beamed energy transfer consists of using energy from a remotely located electromagnetic source to create power at a desired location either in form of a kinetic or a electric energy; proposals have been made to power helicopters, aircraft, balloons, and rockets remotely)
found: American Inst. of Beamed Energy Propulsion online site, July 18, 2008([same stmt. as above])
found: Wikipedia, July 18, 2008:Beam-powered propulsion (a class of spacecraft propulsion mechanisms that use energy beamed to the spacecraft from a remote power plant; includes heat generated by a maser or laser beam from a fixed installation, laser electric propulsion in the form of laser used to send power to a photovoltaic panel, microwave electric propulsion in the form of a microwave beam used to send power to a rectenna, or direct impulse propulsion such as a laser beam reflected off a solar sail or use of a charged particle beam from a particle accelerator or a plasma jet to drive a magnetic sail)
