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Overview
American drone startup founded by former teenage drone racers, mass-producing cheap FPV (first-person view) attack drones. Won $500M Defense Department contract. Supplying 6,000 FPV drones to Ukraine. Opened Kyiv office.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Key facts
CEO
Co-founder
HQ
Founded
DoD contract
Ukraine supply
Series A
Kyiv office
Product
Manufacturing
Incidents
Neros Technologies on the deployment map
Where Neros Technologies's robots are verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
- delivery and inspection drones in United States →
- delivery and inspection drones in California →
- delivery and inspection drones in Ukraine (combat zones) →
- delivery and inspection drones in Nevada →
- delivery and inspection drones in United Kingdom →
- delivery and inspection drones in China →
- The global deployment map →
Safety record
No incidents on record for Neros Technologies.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Neros Technologies in third-party press
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 18, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Common questions
- What is Neros Technologies?
- American drone startup founded by former teenage drone racers, mass-producing cheap FPV (first-person view) attack drones. Won $500M Defense Department contract. Supplying 6,000 FPV drones to Ukraine. Opened Kyiv office.
- What does Neros Technologies make?
- Neros Technologies has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Neros FPV Drone (Neros Technologies builds physical robots).
- Where is Neros Technologies headquartered?
- Neros Technologies is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Where does Neros Technologies operate robots?
- Neros Technologies is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
- Is Neros Technologies a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Neros Technologies ranks in roughly the top 99% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was Neros Technologies founded?
- Neros Technologies was founded in 2022.
- Is Neros Technologies safe?
- Neros Technologies has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Claimed (not independently verified) · no sources on file · last reviewed 2026-07-18
Verification posture
Claimed (not independently verified)
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-18
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Neros Technologies.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Neros Technologies from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Startup Mass-Producing Cheap Killer Drones Wins $500 Million Army Contract
Neros Technologies, founded by former teenage drone racers, won a $500M Defense Department contract to mass-produce cheap FPV attack drones. Co-founder Olaf Hichwa leads…
LA Firm Clinches Massive FPV Drone Contract for Ukraine
Neros Technologies contracted to supply 6,000 first-person view attack drones to Ukraine. Los Angeles-based startup founded by former teenage drone racers.
Neros raises $35M to boost American drone manufacturing
Neros Technologies announced $35M Series A to boost American drone manufacturing. CEO Soren Monroe-Anderson leads the FPV drone startup.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/neros-technologies.md
- RSS feed: /companies/neros-technologies/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/f207e3e2-f2f5-46eb-ac4c-f75777e0f5db
- Revision history: /companies/neros-technologies/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Neros Technologies draws attention at the 2nd percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 20, 2026