Neros Technologies is a Torrance, CA-based defense startup founded in 2023 by two former professional drone racers. The company designs and manufactures low-cost, expendable FPV (first-person-view) strike drones for the U.S. military and allied forces. Its flagship "Archer" drone is BlueUAS-certified and built with a China-free, NDAA-compliant domestic supply chain. Neros sells primarily to the U.S. Army (PBAS program), U.S. Marine Corps, and Ukraine. It is now expanding the product line with Archer AI — adding terminal guidance and GPS-denied autonomy to the existing FPV platform — and Bandit, a counter-UAS interceptor targeting Shahed-class threats. The company designs the majority of components in-house, manufactures at a 250,000 sq ft Torrance factory, and is scaling toward 1 million drone units per year by 2028. Its core competitive claim is startup iteration speed combined with credible domestic industrial capacity — closing the gap between combat-proven design and U.S. mass production.