07 · Who builds it

Six people, and a yellow aircraft.

We come from DOPE Hubs, the University of Genova team that won the Italian UAS Challenge in 2026. The aircraft in the photo is that one: fixed wing, H tail, visible ribs under the film, built by hand, with a drop container designed for the mission test.

From there the six of us started out and founded this thing inside Firmamento Technologies, which incubates us and is the company we sign contracts with until ours is incorporated.

The same aircraft on the ground in front of the UAS Challenge banner, with the logos of BAE Systems, Ansys and Leonardo. — The DOPE Hubs team aircraft, University of Genova, UAS Challenge 2026.

Sebastiano Raggi

Project lead, fluid dynamics and aeroacoustics

Master's in aeronautical engineering in Genova, research grant in computational aeroacoustics at DICCA. The velocity field you see above is his work.

Luca Di Domenico

Founder and president of Firmamento Technologies

He holds together the corporate side, the grant calls and the relationships with the cooperative world. Science communicator at the Festival della Scienza.

Edoardo Maestri

Fluid dynamics and experimental physics

Master's in aeronautical engineering in Genova, Polytech track. He works on energy and technical physics, which in our case means the hybrid powertrain.

Luca Bricarello

Robotics and control

Master's in robotics in Genova, bachelor's in electronics and information technologies with 110 cum laude. He works on flight autonomy.

Luigi Thea

Electronics, and the regulatory side

Master's degree in electronic engineering from Genoa. He's the one who reads the consolidated texts, and the three corrections to section four come from him.

Giacomo Pandolfo

Mechatronic prototyping

Electrotechnical technician, freelance. Mechanical design, FDM and SLA 3D printing, printed circuit boards, microcontrollers. He makes the parts.