The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Wing: 2 models, 16 deployments across 11 regions, 2 active incidents. 18 sources back the record.
CategoryDrones
Appears inLogistics robots/Delivery drones
Overview
Drone delivery company and Alphabet subsidiary. Originated as a Google X moonshot (Project Wing, 2012) and graduated to an independent Alphabet company in 2018. Operates commercial autonomous drone delivery in the US (including the Dallas-Fort Worth metro via a Walmart partnership), Australia, and Europe, with 450,000+ deliveries reported and FAA package-delivery authorization.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 16 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- 2 incidents on file
Key facts
Parent
Category
Scale
Regulatory
Coppell TX ops center
DFW drone nest sites
Walmart markets
Data & sources
Press releases
6
News coverage
1
Patent documents
5
Web sources
6
18 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
Wing Autoloader
Wing's curbside autoloading system: retail associates place an order on the device and the aircraft picks it up by tether with no further human intervention, enabling integration with existing stores.
Current platform
Wing Delivery Aircraft
Wing Delivery Aircraft is Alphabet/Wing's autonomous delivery drone for last-mile package delivery. Designed for fast, autonomous delivery of small packages (food, pharmacy, retail). Features vertical takeoff and landing, hover-and-winch delivery, and autonomous route planning. Deployed in US, Australia, and Europe.
Partnerships
Every company Wing has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Walmart2× joint8 total
- 2Walmart2× joint
- 3Eviation Aircraft1× joint1 total
Most recent
- with Walmartoperating
- Wing x Walmart Drone Delivery Expansion2026-06-10with Walmartjust announced
- Walmart x Wing drone delivery expansion2026-06-09with Walmartjust announced
- with Walmartoperating
Wing on the deployment map
View the global map16 verified deployments across 11 regions, newest verified Jul 2026. Explore where Wing's robots are operating, by place and type.
- operationalWing Delivery Aircraft at Florida, USA →verified Jul 2026
- operationalWing Delivery Aircraft at Houston →verified Jul 2026
- announcedWing Delivery Aircraft at San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA →West Coast · verified Jun 2026
- announcedWing Delivery Aircraft at San Diego, California, USA →West Coast · verified Jun 2026
- announcedWing Delivery Aircraft at Salt Lake City, Utah, USA →Mountain West · verified Jun 2026
- announcedWing Delivery Aircraft at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA →Northeast · verified Jun 2026
- announcedWing Delivery Aircraft at New Orleans, Louisiana, USA →Southeast · verified Jun 2026
- announcedWing Delivery Aircraft at Memphis, Tennessee, USA →Southeast · verified Jun 2026
- announcedWing Delivery Aircraft at Memphis, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, SF Bay Area, Salt Lake City →verified Jun 2026
- operationalWing Delivery Aircraft at San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA →verified Mar 2026
- operationalWing Delivery Aircraft at United States →United States · verified May 2025
- operationalWing Autoloader at Dublin, Ireland →Western Europe · verified Jun 2024
View the full Wing deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Adam Woodworth CEOIR-verified
ArrivalsAbraham Bachrach from Skydio, Adam Bry from Skydio
DeparturesAbraham Bachrach to Skydio, Adam Bry to Skydio
Former / Previously (4)
- Adam Bry Google[x] Project Wing (early team)secondary-verified
- Abraham Bachrach Google[x] Project Wingsecondary-verified
- James Ryan Burgess CEO (2018-2022)secondary-verified
- Brandon Alexander Architect, Google[x] Project Wingsecondary-verified
Media (1)
Company-anchored media. Official assets the company has published at the company level, distinct from model-anchored media that lives on individual product pages.
Safety record
2 incidents on record (2 moderate). Most recent: Mar 2026.
Most recent: Mar 2026
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Incidents affecting Wing (2)
- Wing delivery drone crashes and catches fire after a Walmart delivery in Kemah, Texas2026-03-01 · Malfunction
- Wing delivery drone came to rest on an 11kV power line, caught fire, and cut power to ~2,000 homes2022-09-30 · Property damage
Includes incidents linked directly to this company, to its models, or to deployments of its models or under its operation. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Corridors where Wing operates (1)
- Dallas-Fort WorthDallas, TX
Robot-delivery corridors on DEPLOY Ground where Wing runs a documented fleet.
Operator customers (1)
- Wing16 deployments
Brains developed (1)
- Wing OpenSkyos-layer · production
Recent coverage
Wing in third-party press
Peers
103 peers across 2 segments. Every Wing competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
drone(99)
57 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 1809.2177305910177) · leader Anduril Industries at 3057%
- AEVEX Aerospacedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ATL Global Holding AGdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aereodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AeroVironmentdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AgXeeddirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AirForestrydirect competitor(inferred)moderate
drone delivery(4)
- Ziplinedirect competitor(reported)strong
- DroneUpdirect competitor(reported)moderate
- Flytrexdirect competitor(reported)moderate
- Manna Air Deliverydirect competitor(reported)moderate
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
5 total · 2 operating · 3 just announced
Every company Wing has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with Walmartoperating
- Wing x Walmart Drone Delivery Expansion2026-06-10with Walmartjust announced
- Walmart x Wing drone delivery expansion2026-06-09with Walmartjust announced
- with Walmartoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Walmart2× joint8 total
- 2Walmart2× joint
- 3Eviation Aircraft1× joint1 total
All 5 partnerships
open in the atlas →- technology—just announced
- deployment2026-07-08operating
- deployment2026-01-11operating
- Wing x Walmart Drone Delivery ExpansionwithWalmartdeployment2026-06-10announcedjust announced
- Walmart x Wing drone delivery expansionwithWalmartdeployment2026-06-09announcedjust announced
Regulatory filings (1)
- faa_actionfaa action · us_faacleared
Linked models: Wing Delivery Aircraft
Patent estate (5)
- US12436540B2usptograntedassignee
- US12412301B2usptograntedassignee
- US12469000B2usptograntedassignee
- US12406588B1usptograntedassignee
- US12404023B2usptograntedassignee
Timeline
Every recorded move in Wing’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
DepartureAdam Bry departs
2026-08-23Adam Bry left to join Skydio
ArrivalAdam Bry joins
2026-08-23Adam Bry joined from Skydio
DepartureAbraham Bachrach departs
2026-08-23Abraham Bachrach left to join Skydio
ArrivalAbraham Bachrach joins
2026-08-23Abraham Bachrach joined from Skydio
PartnershipZipline x Walmart Houston drone delivery expansion
2026-07-08Wing and Walmart expanded drone delivery across Greater Houston adding eight more Walmart stores to the network bringing backyard deliveries to more than 1 million residents. Walmart nearing 2 million total drone deliveries.
PartnershipWing x Walmart Drone Delivery Expansion
2026-06-10Wing and Walmart announced the worlds largest drone delivery expansion, planning to establish a network of over 270 drone delivery locations across 100 additional Walmart stores by 2027, stretching from Los Angeles to Miami.
PartnershipWalmart x Wing drone delivery expansion
2026-06-09Walmart and Wing announced expansion of drone delivery to seven new US metro areas including Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area, Salt Lake City, Memphis, and New Orleans. Operations target start by 2027, aiming to reach 40 million residents from 270-plus stores.
PartnershipWing x Walmart 7 new drone delivery markets
2026-01-11Wing and Walmart announced expansion of residential drone delivery service to seven new markets Orlando Tampa Charlotte St Louis Cincinnati Los Angeles and Miami. Phased launch throughout 2026. Walmart nearing 2 million drone deliveries total.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Deployment recordedJul 29, 2026
Wing Delivery Aircraft at Florida, USA
- Verified media addedVerifiedJul 23, 2026
Wing logo
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJul 8, 2026
Wing Delivery Aircraft at Houston
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 10, 2026
Wing Delivery Aircraft at Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 10, 2026
Wing Delivery Aircraft at Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Sources (13)
- 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/
- Wing company site · https://wing.com
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Methodology: Verified · 13 sources (6 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 6
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 6
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
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- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/wing.md
- RSS feed: /companies/wing/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/539e1395-5a7f-47bc-a296-e3d8edc9bd2f
- Revision history: /companies/wing/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
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Reality vs attention
Wing draws attention at the 98th percentile but verifies reality at the 97th percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap +0.7, 61st widest among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Strong deployment footprint with 13 operational sites across 26 countries. Safety profile within acceptable range for category. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Aug 29, 2026