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Wing Delivery Aircraft at United States

Wing's fixed-wing/hover hybrid delivery drone that lowers packages by tether. The current generation carries about 2.5 lb (roughly 1.1 kg); a next-generation aircraft announced in 2024 roughly doubles payload to about 5 lb, part of Wing's multi-aircraft 'Aircraft Library' approach.

Wing Delivery Aircraft by Wing · Operated by Wing · Catalog entry · 3 sources · not yet field-verified

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PRIMARY SOURCE
Courtesy of Wing

Wing's overview of its end-to-end Wing Delivery Network: order routing, drone selection, and multi-drone coordination via its traffic-management layer. Autonomous flight and airspace coordination are attributed to Wing's system.

PRIMARY SOURCE
Courtesy of Wing

Wing's introduction of a larger-payload aircraft added to its autonomous delivery fleet. Wing delivers by lowering packages on a tether; the fleet and capacity framing is the maker's.

PRIMARY SOURCE
Courtesy of Wing

Wing's look at its delivery drone, which flies autonomously under Wing's traffic-management system and lowers packages on a tether.

Wing drone delivery for Walmart, launched in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in 2023 and expanding toward about 270 US stores by 2027 (Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando, Tampa, Los Angeles, Miami, and more).

Key facts

Operator
Walmart (Wing operates the service)
Scale
Toward ~270 US stores by 2027
Start
2023
Coverage
Dallas-Fort Worth area initially; expanding to Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando, Tampa, Los Angeles, Miami, and more

Exposure

Customer segment
retail
Scale tier
undisclosed
Customer
Walmart

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Wing Delivery Aircraft at United States.

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Trust tier
Catalog entry · 3 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-07-10
Model
Wing Delivery Aircraft
Company
Wing
Location
United States
Operator
Wing
Status
operational
Operator type
maker operated
First seen
2023-08-24
ID
ce4258cc-725c-48ac-b7bf-3c2638201692

Timeline

  1. Aug 2023
    First recorded
    Wing Delivery Aircraft first documented operating at United States.
  2. May 2026
    created
  3. Jul 2026
    Current status: operational, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (3)

  1. https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2023/08/24/walmart-and-wing-team-up-to-provide-the-convenience-of-drone-delivery
  2. https://wing.com/news/wing-walmart-expand-drone-delivery-coast-to-coast
  3. https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/11/wing-to-expand-drone-delivery-to-another-150-walmart-stores/
Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (2 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-10

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-10

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: production

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: aerial

Sources by quality tier

2
primary-company-ir
Company IR disclosure
1
secondary-industry-publication
Industry publication

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Common questions

What is the Wing Delivery Aircraft deployment at United States?
Wing Delivery Aircraft, built by Wing, is recorded as a deployment at United States on the DEPLOY registry. Wing operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Wing Delivery Aircraft at United States?
Wing, the manufacturer of Wing Delivery Aircraft, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the Wing Delivery Aircraft deployment at United States go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting August 24, 2023 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the Wing Delivery Aircraft deployment at United States?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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