Inside Neros’ Factory Built to Make 1 Million Drones a Year

Sourcery goes inside Neros Technologies’ new 250,000-square-foot Millennium One facility with Co-Founder & CEO Soren Monroe-Anderson.

Neros designed the factory with enough space to eventually produce one million drones per year. Today, the company says it is already manufacturing more than 250 drones per day, with engineering, testing, supply chain and production operating under one roof.

Soren takes us through Neros’ engineering labs, flight-test operation, drone and ground-station assembly lines, manufacturing software and 100% end-of-line flight testing. We also get a look at the latest Bandit interceptor prototype, which can reach roughly 300 km/h, with Neros targeting closer to 400 km/h for intercepting faster jet-powered Shahed variants.

We also visit the new-product introduction line where Neros is preparing Archer AI for mass production, and the massive open portion of the factory reserved for bringing more component manufacturing in-house. Soren explains why mass-producing drones requires designing the product around manufacturing, why 3D printing does not solve the underlying supply-chain problem, and how Neros plans to vertically integrate its way toward million-unit scale.

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(00:00) Inside Neros' 250,000 sq. ft. Millennium One Factory

(01:21) How Neros pushes its drones to the limit

(02:35) Why 3D printing can't solve the drone supply chain problem

(03:40) How their drones are built different

(06:20) The new 300 km/h Bandit interceptor

(09:09) Inside the drone assembly line: producing 250+ drones a day

(11:17) South Bay's biggest American flag

(11:42) How Neros stress-tests its drones

(15:26) Inside the new product introduction line

(17:01) What roles is Neros hiring for

(19:00) Soren's hot take on defense tech