COMPLIANCE
MISSION-READY
RotorWorks Manufacturing LLC is a U.S.-based advanced composites and UAV propeller manufacturer located in Indio, California. The company supports next-generation UAS platforms with secure, scalable, and compliance-focused domestic manufacturing.
Providing UAV propeller solutions ranging from smaller carbon-fiber reinforced nylon injection-molded propellers to defense-grade carbon fiber heavy-lift propellers.
Backed by more than 35 years of composites manufacturing experience, RotorWorks supports commercial, industrial, defense-adjacent, and restricted drone programs requiring documented sourcing, repeatable production, material traceability, and trusted U.S. supply-chain control.
CURRENT READINESS
RotorWorks has established a strong foundation for launch, early customer engagement, and program-specific production support. The company’s readiness is based on proven composites experience, U.S.-based manufacturing capability, vetted supplier relationships, and a clear roadmap toward formal quality and compliance systems.
RotorWorks is not positioning itself as a complete drone OEM. Instead, the company is focused on becoming a trusted U.S. manufacturing partner for critical drone components including composite propellers, UAV structural parts, tooling support, and production-ready composite assemblies.
CORE CAPABILITIES
RotorWorks brings hands-on manufacturing experience and practical production knowledge to advanced UAV, composites, and domestic supply-chain programs.
- U.S.-based company structure with a California manufacturing location
- Defense and aerospace-grade prepreg compression-molded UAV propellers
- Carbon fiber-reinforced polyamide injection-molded propeller support
- Heavy-lift UAV propeller manufacturing and production scale-up experience
- Advanced composite processing, including prepreg, compression molding, vacuum bagging, and out-of-autoclave molding
- Composite and soft tooling, mold development, prototyping, and DFM support
- Trim, drill, finish, bonding, and assembly process capabilities
- Precision waterjet and CNC cutting for cured laminates, carbon fiber panels, cores, and finished structures
- Precision CNC machining and tight-tolerance small component manufacturing
- Lean Six Sigma manufacturing practices focused on repeatability and control
- Vetted U.S.-based manufacturing partner network with domestic sourcing, Berry-compliant materials, and controlled documentation
- Readiness planning for ITAR, Blue UAS, Green UAS, ISO 9001, and AS9100D-aligned programs
MANUFACTURING READINESS
RotorWorks’ Indio, California facility is being structured to support program-specific composite part manufacturing with an emphasis on secure customer design protection, controlled documentation, and scalable production methods.
The facility is intended to support development, prototype, production, and scalable manufacturing programs for drone propellers and UAV composite components. RotorWorks is also open to composite assembly and subassembly projects where bonding, drilling, finishing, inspection, partner-supported machining, or advanced composite manufacturing are required.
UAV SOLUTIONS
Relevant UAV component support may include:
- Propeller blades, including carbon fiber heavy-lift and injection-molded polyamide propellers
- Motor arms, boom arms, structural supports, and VTOL transition structures
- Main airframe sections, fuselage shells, composite body panels, wing skins, and wing panels
- Battery trays, enclosure covers, guards, avionics covers, antenna covers, and protective housings
- Landing gear legs, skids, brackets, mounts, and support structures
- Payload boxes, delivery pod housings, sensor covers, and mission-specific equipment enclosures
- Composite ribs, spars, tail booms, tail surfaces, vertical fins, and control surfaces
- Fairings and aerodynamic covers for motors, hubs, arms, joints, landing gear, and structural interfaces
- Injection-molded UAV components, including covers, brackets, guards, ducts, and lightweight housings
- Precision-machined UAV components, including aluminum fittings, inserts, bushings, spacers, hubs, plates, and tooling fixtures
MANUFACTURING, COMPLIANCE, AND SUPPLY-CHAIN DIRECTION
RotorWorks’ manufacturing model is designed to support advanced UAV, composite, and restricted-work programs through flexible U.S.-based production, controlled domestic sourcing, and a vetted partner network. The company is positioned to support customer-designed structures, proprietary programs, program-specific composite components, assembly, bonding, finishing, subassembly work, and scalable production from concept through higher-volume manufacturing.
RotorWorks is building its operating structure around restricted-work readiness, customer confidentiality, supplier traceability, and compliance-focused manufacturing. This approach allows the company to support funded development programs, short-run builds, early production launches, and scalable customer programs while keeping overhead controlled and maintaining responsive production support.
Key action items and readiness focus areas include:
- Maintain an ITAR-compliant operating structure for restricted-work programs
- Protect customer-designed structures, proprietary data, and controlled documentation
- Source domestic materials through qualified, traceable supply channels
- Qualify vendors and maintain material, supplier, and program-specific traceability
- Build NDA-based relationships with U.S.-based suppliers, subcontractors, and strategic partners
- Support composite part manufacturing, assembly, bonding, finishing, and subassembly work
- Use vetted partners for fiber-reinforced injection molding, tooling, precision machining, and U.S.-based manufacturing support
- Maintain quality and operational systems aligned with ISO 9001 and AS9100D, with certification targeted for FY 2027
- Prepare program-specific documentation to support ITAR, Blue UAS, Green UAS, ISO 9001, AS9100D, and customer-specific requirements
WHY ROTORWORKS
RotorWorks is positioned to support the U.S. Drone Dominance industrial base by providing domestic composite manufacturing capacity for drone propellers and UAV structural components.
The company’s value is centered on advanced composites experience, U.S.-based production, secure supply-chain practices, scalable manufacturing, and customer-focused support for compliance-driven programs.
As demand for American-made drone systems continues to grow, RotorWorks is prepared to support OEMs, defense programs, commercial UAS companies, and strategic partners requiring trusted domestic manufacturing.
MEET TIM & VICKI
RotorWorks Manufacturing LLC is co-owned by Tim and Vicki Pearson, a husband-and-wife team with decades of combined experience in composites manufacturing, corporate management, operations, entrepreneurship, and business leadership.
RotorWorks is both a woman-owned and veteran-owned business. Tim Pearson, co-owner and CEO, leads the company’s manufacturing, sale, customer programs, and technical direction. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1984 to 1988 and is a fourth-generation sailor, with family Navy service dating back to the early 1900s.
Vicki Pearson, co-owner and COO, is an entrepreneur and author who drives the company’s operational, administrative, and strategic direction. Early in her career, Vicki worked hands-on in an FAA Repair Station, gaining experience in quality control and prepreg layup. Her background brings a practical understanding of composites, process discipline, business operations, and customer-focused execution to RotorWorks.
ADVISORY ROLE
We are pleased to announce that Jacob Pearson will be joining RotorWorks in an advisory role on July 1st.
Jacob served in the U.S. Army during the Iraq war as a 15R AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter Repairer and is a combat veteran.
He brings military aviation insight, hands-on composites knowledge, 3D modeling experience, tool-making support, composite repair, rotor repair, and retrofit experience.
His background also includes civilian contractor work supporting upgrades on military Apache, Black Hawk, and Marine Corps V-22 Osprey rotorcraft, adding practical aircraft maintenance, repair, and field-level operational perspective to RotorWorks’ UAV manufacturing programs.