Hardware
Component and payload manufacturers
Sensors, cameras, radios, batteries, motors, controllers, and payloads. What our aircraft accept, what a compliant part needs, and how to propose one.
Why a small manufacturer is worth partnering with
Since December 22, 2025, new foreign-made drones cannot receive FCC authorization, and federal money cannot buy them. The low-cost tier that one foreign maker owned is being vacated, and the buyers in it, small police departments, fire districts, rural utilities, farms, colleges, and training ranges, still need aircraft. EnCor is building for that tier: a $2,999 aircraft that ships today, two larger platforms in development, and one piece of software that runs a whole fleet from a browser.
That gives a component maker a US airframe to be designed into, and gives a software maker a channel: EnCor Command is the screen the customer already uses, so a tool that lives inside it does not need its own sales force to reach a county sheriff.
What is real today, stated plainly
- Aircraft. The Corvin ships now: a 5-inch class multi-rotor on a 3D printed ABS X-frame with detachable arms, payload up to 1.5 lb. The Spector and Ranger are in development; their specifications are design targets until flight testing is complete.
- Command software. EnCor Command passed an independent verification on a simulated fleet on 2026-09-04. Real-aircraft integration is the next thing to prove. The contract between an aircraft and the software is written down and is what a hardware partner integrates against, shared by arrangement.
- Software partners. Integrations with EnCor Command are arranged one at a time, because every tool needs something different; there is no self-serve interface yet. AI-produced reports exist today for one outcome, wildlife counts, from EnCor's own model; per-data-hour pricing is in development. We will say on these pages when that changes.
- Named partners. None yet. We would rather say so than list a logo that does not ship.
How a proposal is read
- Does it serve one of the jobs our customers buy the aircraft for: response, inspection, patrol, training, or scouting?
- Where is it made, and can that be documented? Component origin decides whether a federal buyer can purchase the aircraft it rides on.
- Can it be installed, replaced, or updated by the customer in the field, the way the rest of the aircraft can?
- For software: does it produce a report, an alert, or an answer the customer would pay for per hour of data, and can it run on EnCor's side of the line?
Questions partners ask
Is EnCor an open platform?
EnCor builds the aircraft and the command software and intends both to carry other companies' parts and tools. Today that happens by arrangement: hardware partners integrate against the aircraft-to-software contract, and software partners integrate with EnCor Command through an arrangement worked out for their tool. Nothing is self-serve yet, and this page says so.
Who is a fit?
A US or allied maker of a drone subcomponent or payload that meets the component rules in the National Defense Authorization Act, or a software company whose model or tool produces something a small agency, utility, or farm would pay for from drone data.
What does EnCor sell today?
The Corvin, at $2,999 for the complete kit, ships now and is built to order in Tulsa. The Spector and Ranger are in development with reservations open. EnCor Command, the command software, is sold with the aircraft.
How do I start?
Use the proposal form. Send a specification sheet or a product description and where your parts are made. A person reads every submission and answers with whether there is a fit and what the next step is.