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Note: This company is Chinese-owned. Performance claims and publicly reported figures should be treated with additional skepticism until independently verified by non-affiliated third parties.
Summary
T-Motor is a Nanchang, China maker of UAV propulsion systems: motors, electronic speed controllers and propellers for multirotor, fixed-wing, VTOL and FPV aircraft. Its site says it was founded in 2009 and has more than 300 distributors worldwide. The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security added Jiangxi Xintuo Enterprise Co., Ltd. (alias T-MOTOR) to the Entity List effective 2024-04-11, finding that it supports Russia’s military through procurement, development and proliferation of Russian UAVs; the entry carries a license requirement for all items subject to the EAR with a policy of denial. T-Motor continues to exhibit internationally, including UMEX 2026 in Abu Dhabi.
Key Facts
- Founded: 2009 (company site)
- HQ: Nanchang, China
- Legal entity: Jiangxi Xintuo Enterprise Co., Ltd. (BIS Entity List alias: T-MOTOR)
- Type: private, Chinese
- Entity List: effective 2024-04-11 (89 FR, document 2024-07760); reason: supporting Russia’s military UAV programs; Russia/Belarus military end-user foreign direct product rule footnote applies; license requirement for all items subject to the EAR, review policy of denial
- Products: multirotor propulsion systems and motors (U, P, Navigator, Antigravity, QAD), ESCs (ALPHA, V Series FOC, THUNDER, FLAME, AIR), carbon and polymer propellers; fixed-wing (AX, AT), VTOL (V Series, VL) and FPV lines
- Certifications: none listed on the company page
- Revenue: not disclosed in sources reviewed
What It Is / How It Works
T-Motor sells complete propulsion packages (motor, ESC, propeller) so drone makers can buy matched components. The company page describes standard and customized products and does not publish production volumes or customer names.
Entity List effect. Items subject to the EAR require a license to be exported to T-Motor, with a denial policy; the rule restricts exports to T-Motor rather than prohibiting US firms from buying its products. The BIS finding is the sourced basis for the designation; the claims in the earlier entry about Orlan-10 links and the founder’s academic ties were not confirmed in sources fetched here.
Notable Developments
- 2026: T-Motor shows X-A16L, S-series and VZ-series propulsion at UMEX 2026, Abu Dhabi. (T-Motor)
- 2024-04-11: Jiangxi Xintuo Enterprise Co., Ltd. (T-Motor) added to BIS Entity List for supporting Russian UAV programs. (sUAS News)
- 2009: Founded in Nanchang (company site).
Key People
Leadership names (including the founder named in the earlier entry) were not confirmed from a current dated source in this review.
People — Last Reviewed: 2026-10-25
Supply Chain Position
T-Motor is a component and subsystem supplier of propulsion systems to drone OEMs. ⚑ Rare earth dependency: BLDC motors rely on NdFeB magnets processed largely in China. Alternatives for US builds include KDE Direct, whose manufacturing locations are not disclosed.
Claim Verification
Claim: Entity List designation for supporting Russian UAV programs
Status: Verified
Supporting sources:
- sUAS News (BIS rule summary) — effective 2024-04-11; Nanchang addresses; supports Russia’s military through UAV procurement, development and proliferation
Summary: The designation is documented; the underlying evidence is not published in the rule summary.
Claim: World’s largest professional drone motor maker
Status: Unverified
Supporting sources:
- T-Motor — says it has more than 300 distributors worldwide; the page makes no market-share claim
Summary: No independent market-share data found.