VIVIFY pitches 1MW 'Flying Pig'

VIVIFY Technology, a South Florida hydrogen company, is promoting a containerized 1-megawatt power unit called the Flying Pig as it brings in veteran engineer Buddy Paul to lead engineering work in Florida. The company says Paul, a former Lockheed Martin Inventor of the Year, has relocated to Delray Beach and will oversee a new manufacturing facility in Jupiter. VIVIFY and a market-style Barchart profile published August 5 describe the system as “all powered by water,” but the performance claims in those materials have not been independently validated. ### Who is Buddy Paul, and what role is VIVIFY assigning him? Buddy Paul is listed by VIVIFY as its chief systems architect, and the company says he spent more than 40 years working on programs including NASA’s Space Shuttle, the THAAD missile-defense system, Airbus aircraft systems and Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin named Paul its Inventor of the Year in 2003, according to VIVIFY and the Barchart profile. (barchart.com) VIVIFY said on July 29 that Paul had relocated to Delray Beach to lead the company’s new manufacturing facility in Jupiter. The company said that move marked its transition from fabrication to manufacturing and that the Jupiter site is scheduled to begin production in January 2027. (vivify-technology.com) ### What exactly is the Flying Pig supposed to be? VIVIFY unveiled the Flying Pig on May 21 as a 1-megawatt, containerized hydrogen-powered system aimed at behind-the-meter and off-grid uses. The company said the unit is intended for remote job sites, disaster zones, military operations and industrial settings where grid access is limited or unavailable. (prnewswire.com) VIVIFY’s website describes the Flying Pig as one of three core platforms alongside its HOG hydrogen system and CAT emissions-control system. The company says the unit is designed for rapid deployment, with 1 megawatt of output per unit and “infinite” scalability through multiple units. ### What is behind the “powered by water” claim? Jason Herring, VIVIFY’s founder and chief executive, told Barchart that the Flying Pig is “all powered by water,” and the article said one unit could power about 1,000 homes and run 20 years on 500 gallons. (prnewswire.com) Barchart attributed those figures to Herring and to company claims. (vivify-technology.com) A June 2026 VIVIFY press release gave a narrower description of the same idea. Herring said the company’s mobile one-megawatt power source is designed to be pre-filled with about 500 gallons of water at the factory and then operate in a “closed-loop environment” without drawing from streams, lakes or other outside water sources. (barchart.com) ### Has anyone outside the company verified those numbers? The materials surfaced for this story are company releases, company webpages and a market-style profile distributed through financial-news channels. None of the sources reviewed disclosed third-party test data, peer-reviewed engineering analysis, certification results or an independent performance audit for the Flying Pig’s 1-megawatt, 500-gallon or 20-year operating claims. (prnewswire.com) H2Tech and other trade or syndication sites repeated VIVIFY’s May announcement in largely the same terms. Those items described the product launch, but they did not add independent technical verification of the system’s operating economics or energy balance. ### What has VIVIFY said comes next? (barchart.com) VIVIFY said in late July that its Jupiter facility would begin manufacturing the CAT and hydrogen platforms in January 2027. The company has also used recent releases to pitch the Flying Pig for disaster-response, data-center and infrastructure applications in Florida. (h2-tech.com) January 2027 is the next concrete milestone the company has named. That manufacturing start at the Jupiter site, with Paul leading engineering execution, is the clearest date attached to the Flying Pig program in the material reviewed. (prnewswire.com)