Relentless Manufacturing 1 million drones a year | Soren Monroe-Anderson, Neros
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Mar 12, 2026 
Soren Monroe-Anderson, Co-founder and CEO of Neros, a leader in high-performance FPV drones and U.S. drone manufacturing. He discusses scaling a 250k sq ft factory toward one million drones a year. Topics include factory build-out, vertical integration, lessons from Ukraine, jamming-resistant radios, testing and manufacturing playbooks, recruiting talent, and balancing rapid innovation with production.
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Defeating A Jammer With A Jar Of Jam
- In Alaska a NEROS drone hovered 7 km from multiple jammers and remained visible while carrying a jar of Smucker's jam as a prank.
- After a backpack jammer approached within 15 feet the soldier saw the jar and declared the 'jammer defeated by the jam.'
Regulatory Limits Weaken Realistic EW Testing
- US counter-UAS systems are optimized for consumer frequencies, leaving a gap versus high-performance FPV radios.
- Strict US spectrum rules make realistic EW testing hard, increasing risk that widely distributed jammers will fail in war.
Marines Extended Strike Range To 20 Kilometers
- Marines in Okinawa saw FPV systems expand effective strike range from ~1 km to 20 km, transforming tactical options.
- Watching the live fire, Soren noted island defense could change if teams hold high ground with FPVs.