For decades, small UAS pilots have been forced to choose between footprint and endurance.
We refused to.
We refused to.
MISSION SET
Wherever endurance
changes the math.
changes the math.
ONE PLATFORM · FIVE MISSIONS
05 USE CASES
05 USE CASES
THE RECRUIT — ARCHITECTURE
Multirotor flexibility.
Fixed-wing endurance.
Fixed-wing endurance.
VTOL from any clearing. Hours of loiter at altitude. The two halves of the mission, in one airframe.
3.5 h
ENDURANCE
12 h
WITH DROP TANKS
140+
MPH MAX
80
MPH CRUISE
100 lb
PAYLOAD
4 ft
WINGSPAN
3 min
REFUEL TURNAROUND
SENSORS · EQUIPMENT
A best-in-class loadout.
Two underwing hardpoints. Drop-tank option. Everything below comes standard.
·30 km radio · telemetry · video
·30× optical / 12× digital zoom HD
·Infrared imaging
·Dedicated HD FPV camera
·Pre-trained object detection
·Multi-channel LiDAR
·Payload-drop targeting computer
·GPS-Denied Airspace Persistence
·Onboard NVIDIA AI compute
·6K / 12K lumen spotlight
·Built-in PA — 5 km range
·Police / fire / nav lighting
WHY HYBRID
Gasoline carries 40× the energy of a lithium pack of the same weight.
Hybrid keeps the instant torque of electric and the energy density of liquid fuel. That's where endurance comes from. That's why batteries alone won't catch up.
FLIGHT TEST · PROTOTYPE
Real airframes.
Real flight hours.
Real flight hours.
Tens of thousands of hours. More failures than flights. Every crash taught us something. Every abort brought us closer. What you see here isn't a highlight reel — it's proof the hardest problems are solvable.Click any clip to watch with sound.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY · USPTO
Five patents awarded.
Three more pending.
Three more pending.
Each patent solves a different physical problem. Together, they make the Recruit's performance envelope very difficult to replicate.
USPTO · FIG. 12 — HYBRID POWERPLANT FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
01
UTILITY
Hybrid Powerplant for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
The foundational claim. A combustion-driven generator paired with a high-rate buffer pack and electric motors — replacing the battery as the limiting factor in small UAS. Endurance, reliability, and mission flexibility move from 'feature' to 'category.'
02
DESIGN
Recruit Aerodynamic Body
The Recruit's distinctive airframe is a registered design. The shape itself — surfaces, planform, signature — is protected.
03
UTILITY
Landing Support Assembly for Aerial Vehicles
A retractable landing system that splays wide for stability on soft and uneven ground, then folds away in flight to a low-drag profile. Frees the underside for sensors and payload without compromising recovery.
04
UTILITY
Engine-Speed and Propeller-Pitch Control
Closed-loop control of engine RPM in concert with propeller pitch. Each rotor delivers exactly the thrust the flight controller commands — the precision a hybrid platform demands at every phase of flight.
05
UTILITY
Real-Time Torque Control for Hybrid Aerial Vehicles
Live torque balancing between engine and generator. Vibration cancels at the source — no flywheel mass tax, no avionics drift, no gimbal jitter. Smoother flight, longer life, more stable imagery.
A protected propulsion stack — and a moat that compounds with every aircraft delivered.
EVERY MISSION · ONE PLATFORM
The same airframe.
Seven different missions.
Seven different missions.
One operator's qualification carries across the entire fleet — desert FOB to coastal interdiction to wildfire mapping to urban patrol. Hover to pause.
01
The DJI exit
DoD blacklisting, the Countering CCP Drones Act, and state-level bans are removing the dominant small-UAS supplier from American skies. The replacement does not yet exist at scale.
02
Allied supply chain
Composite, machined, and electronic subassemblies sourced from qualified US and allied aerospace suppliers. AS9100-ready quality system. ITAR-aware from day one.
03
Domestic assembly
Final assembly, integration, and acceptance testing on US soil. Eligible for federal procurement vehicles where Chinese platforms are not.
FOUNDER
Curtis Foster
Atlanta-based founder. First aerospace company launched at seventeen. Twenty-six years running technology businesses. Builder by disposition.
CORE ENGINEERING
Trey Davenport
CHIEF ENGINEER, HYBRID POWERPLANT SYSTEMS
Steve Shenker
LEAD ELECTRONICS & EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
Tamaz Jorbenadze
LEAD AEROSPACE ENGINEER
Evgeny Balandin
LEAD MECHANICAL ENGINEER
Zijah Aziz
LEAD INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER
CONTACT
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Endurance is the mission.
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