# Wing: company

Canonical ID: `539e1395-5a7f-47bc-a296-e3d8edc9bd2f`

## 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)

- **Slug:** wing
- **Status:** private
- **Founded:** 2012
- **HQ:** Palo Alto, California, USA

## Models

- [Wing Autoloader](/models/wing-autoloader.md) (aerial) (id: `7d2b44f6-3ccd-4c33-9c84-fd10506b665f`)
- [Wing Delivery Aircraft](/models/wing-delivery-aircraft.md) (aerial) (id: `ff9f0766-05e0-4155-b6a5-531b42ae4da8`)

## Supplies to

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_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Sources (12)

1. https://wing.com/about
2. https://x.company/projects/wing/
3. https://www.geekwire.com/2018/loon-wing-x-alphabet-google/
4. https://www.faa.gov/uas/advanced_operations/package_delivery_drone
5. https://www.npr.org/2019/04/23/716360818/faa-certifies-googles-wing-drone-delivery-company-to-operate-as-an-airline
6. https://www.commercialuavnews.com/infrastructure/wing-aviation-becomes-the-first-unmanned-airline-in-the-usa
7. https://wing.com/news/wing-announces-cto-adam-woodworth-as
8. https://dronedj.com/2022/02/16/wing-drone-delivery-ceo/
9. https://www.ttnews.com/articles/alphabets-wing-elevates-adam-woodworth-ceo
10. https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/117756/witnesses/HHRG-118-PW05-Bio-WoodworthA-20241211.pdf
11. https://blog.wing.com/2023/03/the-wing-delivery-network.html
12. https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/11/wing-to-expand-drone-delivery-to-another-150-walmart-stores/

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