The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies FlyingBasket: 1 model. 2 sources back the record.
CategoryDrones
Overview
Italian heavy-lift cargo drone manufacturer based in Bolzano. FlyingBasket designs and manufactures industrial cargo drones, with over seven years of development from early prototyping to industrial production. The FB3 is an 8-rotor unmanned multicopter with push-pull motor configuration, powered by rechargeable batteries, designed to carry 100kg payloads.
First commercial cargo drone operator in Europe (since 2020). Leonardo holds approximately 10% stake with a board seat. Track record: 38.1 tonnes delivered to 400+ Ørsted wind turbines in 2025.
Applications: forestry, logistics (vessel/port/offshore), energy (wind turbines), telecom (tower construction), security & civil protection (emergency medical response), construction. Replaces helicopters, cranes, and complex ground logistics.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
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Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Models (1)
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Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Moritz Moroder CEO & Co-founder, Co-foundersecondary-verified
- Matthias Moroder Co-foundersecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for FlyingBasket.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Ørsted1 deployment
Recent coverage
FlyingBasket in third-party press
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships (2)
- Ørsted x FlyingBasket with Ørsted, Skyliftdeployment
- Leonardo x FlyingBasket with Leonardoinvestment
Funding rounds (2)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 17, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment recordedJun 1, 2025
FB3 at Val Gardena, Bolzano, Italy
- Deployment recordedAug 1, 2024
FB3 at North Sea (Hornsea 1&2, Walney 1&2), United Kingdom
- Deployment recordedDec 13, 2021
FB3 at Turin, Italy
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-18
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-18
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for FlyingBasket.Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning FlyingBasket from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
FlyingBasket Heavy-Lift Cargo Drones Cut Mountain Medical Evacuation Times
Field tests in the Dolomites showed FlyingBasket cargo drones reduce mountain medical evacuation times by up to 3x with 10x lower patient vibration stress.
UK first as Ørsted uses giant drones to service world's largest offshore wind farms
Ørsted and Skylift used FlyingBasket cargo drones for the UK's largest offshore drone delivery programme: 600+ flights, 38.1 tonnes to 400+ turbines at Hornsea and Walney wind…
FlyingBasket expands heavy-lift capacity in Europe with FB3 drone
FlyingBasket began FB3 service for Ørsted in the North Sea and Poste Italiane in Italy, delivering 5.5 tonnes to Ørsted wind farms.
Italy's FlyingBasket takes its FB3 heavy-lift drone to market
FlyingBasket commercialized its FB3 heavy-lift cargo drone with 100kg payload, after 7 years of development and Leonardo backing.
Leonardo joins shareholders and board of FlyingBasket, leading cargo drone startup in Europe
Italian aerospace and defense prime Leonardo took ~10% equity stake and board seat in FlyingBasket, exercising an option from 2021.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/flyingbasket.md
- RSS feed: /companies/flyingbasket/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/6469119b-2b87-4d0c-ada1-0dfcf0216f52
- Revision history: /companies/flyingbasket/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Amazon4 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
Reality vs attention
FlyingBasket draws attention at the 16th percentile but verifies reality at the 69th percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap -52.5, 98th widest among aerial robots.
Analysis
Clean safety record across 3 verified deployments. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Aug 18, 2026