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Company

Neros Technologies

American drone startup founded by former teenage drone racers, mass-producing cheap FPV (first-person view) attack drones.

Founded
2022
HQ
Los Angeles, California, USA

Models

1

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

Soren Monroe-Anderson (Co-founder & CEO)

Co-founder

Olaf Hichwa (Co-founder — former teenage drone racer)

HQ

Los Angeles, California, USA

Founded

~2022

DoD contract

$500M Defense Department contract — mass-producing cheap killer drones (WSJ report)

Ukraine supply

Contracted to supply 6,000 FPV attack drones to Ukraine

Series A

$35M Series A to boost American drone manufacturing

Kyiv office

Opened office in Kyiv, Ukraine — expanding operations

Product

Neros FPV Drone — mass-produced cheap first-person view attack drone

Manufacturing

Designed, developed, manufactured, and assembled in US

Incidents

None found — audited (defense company, active conflict zone supply)

Safety record

No incidents on record for Neros Technologies.

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Recent coverage

Neros Technologies in third-party press