Neros, Inc.

Neros, Inc., a small business defense technology manufacturer based in El Segundo, California, designs, develops, and manufactures unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), advanced command-and-control technologies, and related components for the Department of Defense as a prime contractor (88% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor on select special operations and systems integration programs. The company competes predominantly under full-and-open procurements, with no SBA set-aside designations across its prime IDIQ work, though Total Small Business set-asides appear on individual BPA calls under the Army's master procurement vehicle.

Neros' capability portfolio centers on Blue List-compliant unmanned systems and electromagnetically-hardened communications infrastructure. The company manufactures First Person View-equipped quadrotor platforms under 10 pounds, the Neros Archer SUAS (small unmanned aircraft system) with modular payload configurations, custom ground control systems, and command-and-control link systems designed for electromagnetically challenged environments. Representative prime work includes a $500 million single-award IDIQ with the Army's PEO Soldier for Purpose-Built Attritable Systems (PBAS) Archer procurement awarded July 1, 2026 (the dominant contract in the portfolio); a $1.8 million Other Transaction Agreement with Washington Headquarters Service for electromagnetic interference communication research; a $1.1 million Air Force Research Laboratory purchase order for custom command-and-control link development and Peregrine Hybrid prototype testing; and a $503 thousand Naval Special Warfare Command purchase order for Neros Archer UAS with First Person View capabilities.

Customer concentration is extreme and driven by the Army. The top customer by potential value, the Army Acquisition Support Center's PEO Soldier, anchors $517.5 million (94% of the portfolio) through the July 2026 PBAS IDIQ. The Army Forces Command follows with $25.3 million across four awards, predominantly BPA calls under a $25 million master blanket purchase agreement established August 15, 2025, running through August 14, 2030. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Naval Special Warfare Command, Washington Headquarters Service, and Training and Doctrine Command round out the top five by potential value. By award count, the top five agencies account for 53% of recent awards but the dollar distribution is heavily skewed toward PEO Soldier's IDIQ. Neros serves 18 distinct customer agencies across the portfolio but the dependency on the Army's single-award PBAS vehicle is acute.

Neros holds a $25 million master BPA with Army Forces Command (multiple award, running through August 2030) from which ten BPA calls have been issued as of the source date. A $500 million single-award IDIQ with PEO Soldier (June 30, 2031 completion) anchors the vehicle footprint and represents the largest contract in recent federal UAS procurement. The company also operates under a multiple-award Basic Ordering Agreement with PEO Aviation (effective through January 12, 2031) and participates in other smaller contract vehicles. The PBAS IDIQ is structured as an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for on-demand procurement of Archer SUAS and supporting systems—not a task-order-against-existing-ceiling vehicle, but rather a single-source supply contract that will draw down the $500 million ceiling over the performance period.

Activity has accelerated sharply. Neros secured four awards in 2024, fifteen in 2025, and fifteen in 2026 year-to-date. However, obligated dollars total only $34.8 million (6% of the $548.6 million combined potential value across all awards), indicating that most awards are ceiling values or LOAs (letters of award) rather than fully funded delivery orders. Two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $17.6 million, a modest recompete cliff given that the PEO Soldier IDIQ runs through 2031.

Neros subcontracts to four prime integrators. The company supplies materials and drone components to ManTech TSG-2 Joint Venture on a Marine Corps Force Design modernization sub; supplies C6ISR materials to Smartronix on a special operations command Pacific mission; delivers hardware to Leidos under the Common Hardware Systems 6th Generation contract; and supplies miscellaneous hardware to CACI Federal on a Global Operational Support program. Subcontract work is lightweight relative to prime revenue and does not signal a strategy of deep platform integration—rather, Neros appears to be a specialized component and system supplier filling gaps on larger primes' contracts.

Neros manufactures aircraft systems (23 awards, primary NAICS 336411) and conducts defense-related applied research (6 awards). PSC concentration aligns with UAS manufacturing and defense R&D. The company has no federal grant relationships in the source data and does not participate on government-wide IDIQs or GWACs outside of the Army's master BPA and the PEO Soldier IDIQ.