Neros

Neros Technologies is an American defense manufacturer founded in 2023 and headquartered in El Segundo, California, that designs and mass-produces low-cost, attritable first-person-view (FPV) drones and ground control stations for Western military forces. Its product line includes the ARCHER FPV airframe, ARCHER STRIKE, and the CROSSBOW and LONGBOW ground control stations, built on in-house flight control, powertrain, and radio hardware for electronic-warfare resistance. Neros publishes no public web API; its machine-readable interface contribution is APEX (Adaptive Payload EXchange), an open, MIT-licensed, plug-and-play UART protocol and mechanical connector standard for drone host/payload interoperability, with a C99 reference implementation and a hardware development kit published on GitHub.

Neros publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Defense, Drones, Unmanned Systems, and UAV.

Neros’ developer surface includes engineering blog, support, changelog, sandbox, and 15 more developer resources.

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18.5/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 4/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-17 · rubric v0.11.0

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CompanyDefenseDronesUnmanned SystemsUAVAerospaceRoboticsHardwareManufacturingProtocolsOpen SourceEmbedded

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Composite quality — 18.5/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20

Commercial Clarity 3.7 / 20

Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13

Governance 1.5 / 12

Discoverability 6.7 / 10

Agent readiness — 4/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 1

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Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Sandbox

Sandbox

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

DataModel

Conformance

Build 3

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GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Packages

Packages

SDKs

SDKs

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Compliance

Compliance

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

IssueTracker

IssueTracker

Support

Support

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

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SecondaryMarket

SecondaryMarket

Source (apis.yml)

aid: neros
name: Neros
description: Neros Technologies is an American defense manufacturer founded in 2023 and headquartered in El Segundo, California,
  that designs and mass-produces low-cost, attritable first-person-view (FPV) drones and ground control stations for Western
  military forces. Its product line includes the ARCHER FPV airframe, ARCHER STRIKE, and the CROSSBOW and LONGBOW ground control
  stations, built on in-house flight control, powertrain, and radio hardware for electronic-warfare resistance. Neros publishes
  no public web API; its machine-readable interface contribution is APEX (Adaptive Payload EXchange), an open, MIT-licensed,
  plug-and-play UART protocol and mechanical connector standard for drone host/payload interoperability, with a C99 reference
  implementation and a hardware development kit published on GitHub.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/neros/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
image: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/65c24ca07768af3ed05a9982/65c28f5597ed1e93b45a67a3_webclip.png
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:secondary-market
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-08-04'
modified: '2026-08-04'
tags:
- Company
- Defense
- Drones
- Unmanned Systems
- UAV
- Aerospace
- Robotics
- Hardware
- Manufacturing
- Protocols
- Open Source
- Embedded
apis:
- aid: neros:apex
  name: APEX — Adaptive Payload EXchange
  description: 'APEX is Neros Technologies'' open, MIT-licensed plug-and-play protocol for connecting drone platforms (hosts)
    and payloads (devices) over a standard 10-pin connector. The core protocol is class-agnostic — COBS framing, a 4-byte
    outer header, CRC-16/CCITT-FALSE, baud negotiation, a three-leg discovery handshake (DEVICE_INFO to CONFIG_REPLY to CONFIG_ACK),
    capability exchange, and a device lifecycle the host tracks — while payload behavior is defined in separate device-class
    specifications (Activation, Analog HMI, Wayfinding, Repeater; USB_FS_HUB reserved). It is a UART wire protocol, not an
    HTTP API: there is no base URL, no authentication scheme, and no hosted endpoint.'
  humanURL: https://github.com/Neros-Technologies/APEX
  x-transport: uart
  x-protocol-version: V0
  x-spec-version: v0.8.0
  x-status: draft
  tags:
  - Protocol
  - Drones
  - Payloads
  - Embedded
  - Interoperability
  properties:
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/Neros-Technologies/APEX
  - type: Specification
    url: https://github.com/Neros-Technologies/APEX/blob/main/spec/APEX_Core.md
  - type: License
    url: https://github.com/Neros-Technologies/APEX/blob/main/LICENSE
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/Neros-Technologies/APEX/issues
- type: Website
  url: https://www.neros.tech/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Neros-Technologies
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.neros.tech/news
- type: Support
  url: mailto:info@neros.tech
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.neros.tech/legal/privacy-policy
- type: SecondaryMarket
  url: https://forgeglobal.com/neros_stock/
- type: Packages
  url: packages/neros-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/neros-packages.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/neros-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/neros-apex-status-codes.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/neros-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/neros-changelog.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/neros-data-model.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/neros-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: conformance/neros-conformance.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/neros-sandbox.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/neros-llms.txt
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/neros-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-04'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 11
  pass: local-v1