Prioria (company)

Established in Gainesville, Florida in 2003, Prioria transitioned from embedded systems to the design and development of unmanned aircraft.

The company would go on to develop multiple Unmanned aircraft platforms as well as offering commercial services.

The first unmanned aircraft developed, sold, and supported the Maveric Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (also called an autonomous Micro Air Vehicle),[1][2] while also maintaining a services division focused on defense focused research and development of embedded sensor processing systems.

After Maveric, the Company developed Leviathan, a larger fixed wing UAS and the Hex Rotor.

Developed by Dr Peter Ifju[4] Onboard collision avoidance Prioria developed an onboard collision avoidance system [5] Prioria filed for bankruptcy in February 2018[6] after losing a major program of record for the Leviathan aircraft to Lockheed Martin in the fall of 2018.