Prioria (company)

Prioria

Company type	Private
Industry	Aerospace, Defense, Unmanned aerial vehicles
Founded	2003 (2003) in Gainesville, Florida, United States
Defunct	2018 (2018)
Headquarters	Gainesville , United States
Products	Unmanned aircraft systems (Maveric, Leviathan, Hex Rotor)

Prioria, initially known as Prioria Robotics Inc., was a U.S.-based company established in Gainesville, Florida, in 2003. The firm originally concentrated on embedded sensor processing technologies and associated services before transitioning to the design and manufacture of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Prioria created multiple UAS models and offered commercial solutions.

The company's inaugural unmanned aerial vehicle was the Maveric, an autonomous micro air vehicle targeted primarily at defense applications. Alongside the Maveric, Prioria operated a services division dedicated to research and development in defense-related embedded sensor processing. Later developments included the larger fixed-wing Leviathan and the multi-rotor Hex Rotor drone. By 2014, the company had broadened its portfolio to include commercial service provisions.

Prioria achieved a significant milestone by becoming the first organization to outbid Aerovironment for a Program of Record contract involving small UAS; however, Aerovironment regained this contract during the subsequent procurement cycle.

In December 2017, a court ruling imposed a $1.5 million judgment against Prioria due to contract violations with Condor Aerial, which resulted in asset confiscation by the Alachua County Sheriff's office in January 2018. Confronted with liabilities exceeding $5.5 million owed to creditors such as the city of Gainesville and the University of Florida Research Foundation, Prioria filed for bankruptcy protection in February 2018.

External links

• Prioria Inc.