Compact, highly efficient heavy-fuel engines could unlock greater potential in small unmanned aircraft, enabling longer missions with heavier payloads. They also could accelerate the emerging electric ...

DARPA has awarded LiquidPiston an additional $2.5 million to continue development of its 30kW X4 rotary diesel engine prototype, bringing DARPA’s total funding of the engine technology to $6 million.

There's been a lot of development activity around flying vehicles recently, but the Air Force wants a shortcut to an unmanned electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) concept for urban transport.

BLOOMFIELD, Conn., April 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LiquidPiston, a leading innovator of compact and efficient engine technology and hybrid power systems, today announced the company’s intent to ...