Company
Drone-delivery company and Alphabet subsidiary (Palo Alto). Began as a Google X moonshot in 2012 and became an independent Alphabet company in 2018. The first drone operator to receive FAA Part 135 air-carrier certification (2019). Operates a delivery network anchored by a large Walmart partnership (expanding toward 270 US stores) and DoorDash, plus origins in Australia.
Based in Palo Alto, California, USA · Founded 2012 · 2 models on record
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Key facts
- Parent
- Alphabet subsidiary (graduated from Google X in 2018)
- Certification
- First drone operator to receive FAA Part 135 air-carrier certification (2019)
- Scale
- 450,000+ deliveries
- Network
- Walmart (expanding toward 270 US stores by 2027) and DoorDash; Australia origins
- Leadership
- CEO Adam Woodworth (former CTO, since 2022)
- HQ
- Palo Alto, California, USA
- Founded
- 2012
- Status
- private
- Type
- both
- ID
539e1395-5a7f-47bc-a296-e3d8edc9bd2f
Models (2)
- Wing Autoloaderaerial
- Wing Delivery Aircraftaerial
Brains developed (1)
- Wing OpenSkyos-layer · production
Supplies to
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Sources (12)
- https://wing.com/about
- https://x.company/projects/wing/
- https://www.geekwire.com/2018/loon-wing-x-alphabet-google/
- https://www.faa.gov/uas/advanced_operations/package_delivery_drone
- https://www.npr.org/2019/04/23/716360818/faa-certifies-googles-wing-drone-delivery-company-to-operate-as-an-airline
- https://www.commercialuavnews.com/infrastructure/wing-aviation-becomes-the-first-unmanned-airline-in-the-usa
- https://wing.com/news/wing-announces-cto-adam-woodworth-as
- https://dronedj.com/2022/02/16/wing-drone-delivery-ceo/
- https://www.ttnews.com/articles/alphabets-wing-elevates-adam-woodworth-ceo
- https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/117756/witnesses/HHRG-118-PW05-Bio-WoodworthA-20241211.pdf
- https://blog.wing.com/2023/03/the-wing-delivery-network.html
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/11/wing-to-expand-drone-delivery-to-another-150-walmart-stores/