Wing News
Latest Wing news, funding rounds and robotics & AI coverage. 20 articles tracked by The Robotics Media.
About Wing
Wing is a drone delivery company owned by Alphabet Inc. that began as a project within X Development (Alphabet's moonshot lab) in 2012 and was spun out as an independent Alphabet subsidiary in July 2018. It designs and operates small, hybrid vertical-takeoff fixed-wing delivery drones that fly to a hover point and lower packages to the ground on a tether rather than landing.
Wing partners with retailers such as Walmart, Lowe's, Wendy's, Panera and DoorDash to deliver groceries, food and household essentials, typically within minutes of ordering. Its drones carry payloads of up to about 2.5 pounds over a round-trip range of roughly 12 miles. In 2023 it introduced the AutoLoader, an unpowered ground stand that lets retail staff hang packages for pickup by a drone without direct interaction with the aircraft.
In April 2019, Wing became the first drone delivery operator to receive an Air Operator's Certificate from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. The company has operated delivery services in the United States, Australia, Finland and Ireland, and has expanded into Japan through a partnership with KDDI. As of 2026, Wing reports having completed more than one million commercial deliveries.
Key facts
Products by Wing
- Wing Delivery Drone (Drone, 2014) — A hybrid vertical-takeoff, fixed-wing-cruise drone that delivers small packages by hovering and lowering them on a tether.
- AutoLoader (Hardware, 2023) — An unpowered, Y-shaped ground stand that lets retail partners hang packages for automated pickup by a Wing delivery drone.
Latest Wing news
- Walmart Expands Zipline Drone Delivery From 21 Sites to at Least 300 — Walmart and Zipline signed a multiyear deal to grow drone delivery from 21 active sites in Texas and Arkansas to at least 300 locations nationwide, bu...
- Alpha Unmanned Systems Lands €4M to Scale Production of Its Tactical Drone Helicopters — The Madrid-based maker of unmanned helicopters, used by the US DoD and Hellenic Navy, secured €4 million backed by Spain's export credit agency to exp...
- Shield AI Unveils X-BAT, the First Full-Scale Prototype of Its VTOL Combat Drone — Shield AI released video of X-BAT 001, its first full-scale tail-sitting combat drone prototype, as it moves toward flight testing in Kansas.
- Walmart Brings Drone Delivery to West Memphis, Its First Mid-South Market With Wing — Walmart and Wing launched drone delivery in West Memphis, Arkansas on November 2, the Mid-South's first such service, as Walmart targets 40 million cu...
- Zipline's Delivery Drones Get 68% Quieter With a Software Update, Not New Hardware — Zipline says a fleet-wide software update cuts sound exposure 68% and energy use 21% on its Platform 2 delivery drones, using real-time wind data to f...
- Amazon Withdraws Prime Air Drone Delivery Plan for Westborough After Local Opposition — Amazon pulled its application for a Prime Air drone delivery launch site at its Westborough, Massachusetts fulfillment center after sustained communit...
- FCC Opens 50 MHz of Cellular Spectrum to Drones, Ending 35-Year Ban — The FCC voted to let drones use 50 megahertz of the 800 MHz cellular band, lifting a restriction in place since 1991 and clearing a path for broader b...
- Foundry Robotics Raises $100M to Build America's First Autonomous Assembly Factory — Foundry Robotics closed a $100 million Series A to expand its Emeryville, California factory, where AI-controlled robotic cells assemble drones, satel...
- Zipline Breaks Ranks On Drone Safety, Amazon And Wing Stay Silent — Zipline became the only major US delivery drone operator to answer on-the-record safety questions this month, disclosing weight, parachute and camera...
- DroneXL Launches Public Tracker Of Every US Amazon, Wing And Zipline Delivery Drone Hub — DroneXL launched a public Drone Delivery Tracker mapping 40 Amazon Prime Air hubs, 368 Wing nests, five Zipline authorizations and eight incidents, wi...
- Hermeus Taps Anduril's Lattice for Autonomous Quarterhorse Mk 2 Flight — Hermeus has selected Anduril's Lattice for Mission Autonomy for the Quarterhorse Mk 2 supersonic aircraft - the first commercial deployment of the sof...
- Wing Claims Largest US Drone Delivery Network As Amazon Targets 500 Cities — Wing says it is now the largest residential drone delivery network in the US after opening Greater Orlando with Walmart, while Amazon plots a sixfold...
- Wing Delivery Drone Crashes In Kemah After Walmart Return Flight — A Wing delivery drone returning from a Walmart run in Kemah, Texas crashed on Sunday and ignited a small grass fire; the incident was reported to the...
- Wing and Walmart Launch Drone Delivery in Greater Orlando, First Florida Market — Wing and Walmart have activated 30-minute drone delivery from Supercenters in Apopka and Clermont, opening service to 50,000+ homes and businesses in...
- Wing And Walmart Land Drone Delivery In Central Florida With 50,000-Home Debut — Wing and Walmart kicked off drone delivery in Greater Orlando, serving 50,000+ homes from Apopka and Clermont Supercenters with 30-minute drops — the...
- Walmart And Wing Fire Up Central Florida Drone Delivery Over 50,000 Homes — Walmart's drone-delivery partnership with Alphabet-owned Wing went live in Central Florida on July 29, covering more than 50,000 homes across Apopka a...
- DoorDash Wins FAA Part 135 To Launch In-House DoorDash Air Drone Fleet — DoorDash secured FAA Part 135 air-carrier certification and launched DoorDash Air, an in-house drone delivery program that will operate custom-built q...
- Airbus Unveils €5B Buyback, Nearly Doubles 2029 Profit Target — Airbus launched a €5 billion three-year buyback and hiked its 2029 core-profit target to €12–€13 billion, sending shares up more than 5% on day three...
- Wing And Walmart Double Houston Drone Footprint With Eight New Nests — Alphabet-owned Wing and Walmart have more than doubled their Greater Houston drone delivery network, adding eight Walmart Supercenter Nests on July 8...
- Walmart And Wing Expand Drone Delivery To Seven More U.S. Metros By 2027 — Walmart and Alphabet-owned Wing will bring drone delivery to seven new U.S. metros — including Philadelphia, Phoenix and the San Francisco Bay Area —...