FlyingBasket
About
About FlyingBasket
FlyingBasket builds heavy-lift multirotor aircraft for moving cargo where roads, cranes or helicopters are impractical. Its FB3 is an electrically powered octocopter rated for payloads up to 100 kilograms, using a sling hook or removable cargo box for work in forestry, construction, energy, telecommunications, offshore logistics and civil protection.
Four swappable lithium-ion batteries, redundant propulsion and communications, ADS-B, a flight-termination system and radar-assisted height control support professional operations. Payload-dependent range runs from about 25 kilometres with five kilograms to seven kilometres at maximum load, while ground-control and BVLOS telemetry manage missions. FlyingBasket sells the aircraft as a commercial platform and provides operator training, maintenance and mission support.
Products
Operations
- South Tyrol 2026 Cargo Mass Transported
8,569 kg transported - 2026-09-28 - scheduled seasonal resupply for Alpine mountain huts - FB3 aircraft transported 8,569 kilograms, comprising 7,078 kilograms delivered uphill and 1,491 kilograms returned to the valley. - source posture: Company Disclosed
Source
Deployments
- South Tyrol 2026 Resupply Flights
189 flights across 32 operations - 2026-09-28 - scheduled seasonal resupply for Alpine mountain huts - FlyingBasket completed 189 FB3 flights across 32 scheduled mountain-hut resupply operations during the 2026 summer season. - source posture: Company Disclosed
Source - South Tyrol 2026 Mountain Hut Sites
8 mountain huts - 2026-09-28 - scheduled seasonal resupply for Alpine mountain huts - The scheduled FB3 service covered eight named Alpine mountain huts in South Tyrol. - source posture: Company Disclosed
Source - Completed Field Mission
FB3 offshore delivery program completed - 2025-09-10 - Orsted / Skylift - offshore cargo drone delivery - FlyingBasket FB3 heavy-lift drones completed a large-scale offshore delivery program supporting Orsted wind-farm logistics with Skylift. - source posture: Third Party Reported
Source
Supply
Supply chain relationships
- Molicel
Inbound - Power Systems - Molicel supplied P45B and P50B 21700 lithium-ion cells for FlyingBasket’s FB3 cargo drone
Source
Team
- Matthias Moroder - Co-Founder - Co-founded the company behind FlyingBasket's heavy-lift cargo-drone platform.
- Moritz Moroder - CEO and Co-Founder - Leads FlyingBasket through FB3 commercialization and heavy-lift cargo-drone deployment work.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-09-28 - Deployment - FlyingBasket scales FB3 hut resupply into scheduled seasonal service
The programme recorded 189 flights across 32 operations, compared with 21 flights during the 2025 trial. FB3 aircraft carried 7,078 kilograms uphill and returned 1,491 kilograms of waste, equipment and luggage to the valley. Routes extended beyond 10 kilometres and climbed as much as 1,500 metres in variable Alpine weather and low-density air.
Source - 2025-09-10 - Deployment - FlyingBasket FB3 drones complete large-scale offshore delivery program
The project completed more than 600 drone flights. Drones transported 38.1 tons of equipment to more than 400 producing wind turbines. FB3 aircraft delivered average loads of 70 kilograms from a supply vessel to turbine nacelles.
Source - 2024-06-18 - Partnership - FlyingBasket partners with Molicel on FB3 battery systems
The partnership focused on battery systems for FlyingBasket's FB3 cargo drone. The companies exchanged R&D prototypes over the prior two years. The work targets performance improvements for heavy-lift UAS operations.
Source - 2024-02-19 - Regulatory - FlyingBasket receives Italy's first Light UAS Operator Certificate
ENAC granted FlyingBasket a Light UAS Operator Certificate on February 19, 2024. The certificate lets the operator approve its own UAS operations. The approval supports FlyingBasket's cargo-drone logistics and lifting services.
Source - 2023-10-05 - Product Launch - FlyingBasket releases FB3 heavy-lift cargo drone
FB3 carries payloads up to 100 kilograms. The aircraft offers box-compartment delivery and sling-rope transport for oversized cargo. FlyingBasket positioned the drone for forests, wind parks, urban sites and other heavy-cargo environments.
Source - 2021-12-13 - Demonstration - FlyingBasket completes urban FB3 logistics flight in Torino
FB3 cargo drones carried packages over the Stura di Lanzo river in Torino. Each aircraft carried a 26 kg payload over a 3.9 km route. Leonardo and Poste Italiane participated in the logistics demonstration.
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Relations
Relationships
- South Tyrol mountain-hut operators
Deployment Partner - FlyingBasket operated scheduled FB3 resupply flights for eight South Tyrol mountain huts during the 2026 summer season.
- Ørsted
Offshore Wind Deployment - FlyingBasket FB3 aircraft completed offshore deliveries to Ørsted wind turbines.
- Skylift UAV
Offshore Drone Delivery Partner - FlyingBasket and Skylift UAV operated the offshore wind cargo-drone programme.
- Poste Italiane
Urban Logistics Demonstration Partner - FlyingBasket and Poste Italiane participated in the Torino FB3 urban logistics demonstration.
Context
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Context tags
- Cargo UAV development and operations - Workflow
- Heavy-lift cargo drones - Capability
- Industrial drone logistics - Workflow