Wing

SubsidiaryFounded 2012🇺🇸Palo Alto, CaliforniaCEO Adam Woodworth

Wing is a drone-delivery company launched from Google's X in 2012 that is scaling small-package logistics in dense residential areas.

Drone Delivery

Latest update Oct 18, 2026

Overview

It says it is making thousands of deliveries to homes each day. As of October 16, 2026, Wing's Walmart waitlist still lists five live U.S. metros (Dallas-Fort Worth, Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, and Orlando) and 14 coming-soon markets, including Denver and Seattle for 2027. San Francisco Bay Area remains coming soon with no residential launch date, and no sixth live metro is listed. Local filings name Seattle-area Walmart sites in Federal Way and Tacoma and Denver-area proposals in Northglenn and Castle Rock, without a Wing-published day inside 2027. Kirkwood's minutes index still ends at the October 1 hearing, so the October 14 nest vote is not published. FAA Part 108 (RIN 2120-AL82) was still Pending Review at OIRA on October 16, received July 10, with no concluded date after the October 8 nominal clock. CEO remains Adam Woodworth.

wing.comUpdated Oct 16, 2026

Analysis · 5 min read · Jul 1, 2026The long view on Wing: strategy, technology and what to watch

What's next4

All milestones

2026
Launch Bay Area residential service
Wing's plan starts in selected San Francisco neighborhoods and then expands to Oakland and San Jose. The Bay Area was included in the June 9, 2026 seven-city Walmart expansion announcement and remains listed as coming soon on Wing's Walmart waitlist as of September 20, 2026 - Wing has still not named a specific launch date. The launch is Wing's most ambitious dense-metro test, in airspace shared with SFO, OAK, and SJC, and doubles as a homecoming to the market where Project Wing began inside Google X in 2012.
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2026-2027
Execute the coast-to-coast Walmart rollout
The next major scaling milestone is turning the announced Walmart markets into live operations. As of September 20, 2026 Wing's Walmart waitlist lists five live metros (Dallas-Fort Worth, Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando) and twelve coming soon. Progress continues incrementally: on July 8, 2026, Wing and Walmart added drone delivery at eight more Greater Houston-area Walmart stores (13 locations total), and on July 29, 2026 Wing opened its first Florida market in Greater Orlando from two of five planned Walmart Supercenters. Ocoee, a second Clermont store, and Haines City were still not announced as live. The June 9, 2026 seven-city wave (Memphis, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, the SF Bay Area, and Salt Lake City) remains entirely unlaunched. Greater St. Louis is in hearings: Kirkwood's planning commission gave a preliminary go-ahead for an 18-drone Walmart nest, with a City Council public hearing still ahead and no launch date. Full buildout is targeted by 2027, on the way to more than 270 drone-delivery locations and ~40M Americans within reach.
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2026
Kirkwood City Council drone-nest hearing and FAA Part 108 OIRA decision
TargetKirkwood City Council continues the Walmart nest permit on October 14, 2026; FAA Part 108 (RIN 2120-AL82) still Pending Review at OIRA as of October 6, nominal clock October 8, 2026
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Late 2026 to 2027
Broaden extended-hours operations and prepare for FAA Part 108
With after-dark waivers in hand at select sites, Wing is widening service windows in more markets while it waits on FAA Part 108 - the standardized BVLOS regime (NPRM published August 2025) that would replace the case-by-case waivers Wing has had to negotiate one metro at a time. The rule has slipped repeatedly: the FAA blew past the February 1, 2026 deadline set by a June 2025 executive order. As of September 12, 2026 the final rule (RIN 2120-AL82) remained pending at the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, received July 10 (day 64 of a nominal 90-day review that runs to October 8, extendable to November 7). At Commercial UAV Expo, FAA acting Emerging Technologies Division manager Robert Reckert said the agency hopes to see the rule published by the end of the calendar year - a hope, not a date. TSA is recruiting operators for closed security roundtables after the rule lands, with requests due October 19.
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Latest news5

All news

Oct 62026
Wing and Walmart add Denver and Seattle for 2027
On October 5, 2026, Alphabet's Wing and Walmart said they will bring drone delivery to the Denver and Seattle metros in 2027, taking the partnership toward nearly 20 U.S. metros. They said the buildout continues toward more than 270 Walmart locations and more than 40 million customers. Wing's waitlist still lists five live metros (Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and Orlando), with Denver and Seattle marked coming soon rather than flying.
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Sep 252026
Wing starts Lowe's drone deliveries from a Charlotte-area store
Lowe's said on September 24 that a drone-delivery pilot is live at its Matthews, North Carolina store, with orders placed in the DoorDash app and flown by Alphabet's Wing in as fast as 20 minutes. CNBC said more than 100 SKUs are eligible, drones carry about 2.5 pounds, and the service covers about 5 miles from the store, with possible expansion if the test works. Lowe's and DoorDash are untracked; Wing already flies DoorDash in the Charlotte area.
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Aug 302026
FAA clears Wing to expand Atlanta and Houston drone nests
The FAA completed final environmental reviews clearing Wing to operate up to 118 drone delivery nests across its Atlanta and Houston markets, with the Houston plan alone covering as many as 75 nests, each housing up to 24 aircraft and serving a 6-mile delivery radius. The approval lets Wing keep building out the Walmart-anchored network in two of its most established US metros as it works toward a target of more than 270 delivery locations reaching about 40 million Americans by 2027.
AVweb FAA
Jul 302026
Wing and Walmart launch drone delivery in Orlando, Florida
Wing and Walmart began drone delivery service across Greater Orlando on July 29, operating from two Walmart Supercenters in Apopka and Clermont with orders arriving in 30 minutes or less. It is Wing's first Florida market and the state's first active drone-delivery service since rival operator DroneUp exited Florida in 2024, with Walmart planning to add three more Orlando-area stores in Ocoee, Clermont, and Haines City in the coming weeks.
DroneXL Click Orlando
Jun 102026
Wing and Walmart launch drone delivery in 7 new US metro areas
Alphabet's Wing and Walmart on June 9 announced what they called the world's largest-ever drone delivery expansion, adding Memphis, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Salt Lake City - seven metro areas at once - bringing the partnership to nearly 20 U.S. markets. The expansion is part of Wing and Walmart's plan to put drone delivery within reach of roughly 40 million Americans by 2027, and follows the partnership's milestone of surpassing 1 million total U.S. drone deliveries in May 2026.
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Key metrics

Employees: Not publicly disclosed
Est. annual revenue: Not separately disclosed; (part of Alphabet Other Bets, which generated $382M in revenue in Q2 2026 - up from $373M a year earlier - with a $1.799B operating loss, up from $1.246B a year earlier). Q3 2026 results had not been published as of September 20, 2026.
Residential Deliveries: Well over 1,000,000 lifetime; thousands of home deliveries per day as of Sept 3, 2026
Service Area: 5 live U.S; Walmart metros as of Sept 20, 2026 (DFW, Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando) plus 12 coming-soon markets including the June 9 seven-city wave, St. Louis, Tampa, Cincinnati, Los Angeles and Miami; Greater St. Louis in active permitting with a Kirkwood nest still awaiting City Council
FAA Air Carrier Certificate: First-ever Part 135 Air Carrier Certificate granted to a drone-delivery company (2019); with DoorDash's July 29, 2026 certification, Wing is now one of eight companies holding a Part 135 air carrier certificate for drone operations in the US. Unchanged as of Sept 10, 2026.
Planned Walmart Footprint: 270+ locations / ~40M Americans by 2027; nearly 20 markets announced; Wing's Walmart waitlist still lists 12 coming-soon metros as of Sept 20, 2026, including all seven from the June 9 wave
Average Delivery Time (DFW): <19 minutes order-to-door; (fulfillment); average flight time alone is about 3 minutes 27 seconds; Wing's homepage lists a fastest delivery of 2 min 47 secs
Walmart Program Milestone: 1M total Walmart drone deliveries; (Wing + Zipline) as of May 29, 2026, across 66 stores in 4 states; no newer aggregate total published as of Sept 20, 2026 (next Walmart earnings in November is the likely update)
Service Area: 5 live U.S; Walmart metros as of Sept 26, 2026 (DFW, Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando) plus 12 coming-soon markets including the June 9 seven-city wave, St. Louis, Tampa, Cincinnati, Los Angeles and Miami. First home-improvement retailer pilot live at Lowe's Matthews, N.C., via DoorDash.
Service Area: 5 live U.S; Walmart metros as of Sept 30, 2026 (DFW, Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando) plus 12 coming-soon markets including the June 9 seven-city wave, St. Louis, Tampa, Cincinnati, Los Angeles and Miami. San Francisco Bay Area still listed coming soon with no city or date.
Service Area: 5 live U.S; Walmart metros as of Oct 6, 2026 (DFW, Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando) plus 14 coming-soon markets after Oct 5 added Denver and Seattle for 2027, including the June 9 seven-city wave, St. Louis, Tampa, Cincinnati, Los Angeles and Miami. San Francisco Bay Area still listed coming soon with no city or date.
Service Area: 5 live U.S; Walmart metros as of Oct 16, 2026 (DFW, Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando) and 14 coming-soon markets, including Denver and Seattle for 2027 and the San Francisco Bay Area with no date.

Operations & revenue

Operating status

Active

As of October 18, 2026 the Walmart waitlist still shows five live metros (Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and Orlando) and lists St. Louis, Denver, and Seattle as coming soon. Kirkwood's October 15 formal meeting did not advance the nest: KMOX said no member moved the bill, and the Post-Dispatch said the council refused to cast a vote. The minutes file itself was not opened. RIN 2120-AL82 remains Pending Review at OIRA, received July 10, 2026, with no concluded date.

Revenue streams

Consumer Drone Delivery
Residential delivery for groceries, meals, health products, and household essentials, sold directly through Wing and partner storefronts such as Walmart, DoorDash, and (via a 2026 Charlotte-area pilot) Papa John's.
Wing Delivery Platform (B2B)
Wing sells a merchant-facing platform that plugs into existing order flows through pickup stations and APIs, letting businesses add drone delivery without major construction or operational overhauls.
Healthcare Logistics
Wing is extending its network into medical logistics, moving lab samples and other time-sensitive healthcare items through hospital and pharmacy partnerships.
Nest Site Leasing
Wing leases unused parking-lot or grass-pad space from property owners and shopping centers, turning it into a delivery nest that also serves nearby merchants. The company cites The Arboretum Shopping Center in Charlotte, where it delivers for about 20 merchants from a previously unused parking-lot pad, as the model it is pitching to landlords.

Track record

How past announced dates turned out.

0/1announced date hit on time

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Slipped
Kirkwood City Council drone-nest hearing and FAA Part 108 OIRA decision
Target Kirkwood hearing undated; Part 108 OIRA clock October 8, 2026 · Resolved Oct 1, 2026
The previously undated Kirkwood public hearing was held October 1, 2026. Council did not vote that night and set further consideration for October 14. Part 108 remains pending; October 6 is before the October 8 OIRA clock, so the review has not concluded.
Original target Outcome

Timeline25

2026
1. Kirkwood council does not advance the Walmart drone nest
  On the night of October 15, 2026, Kirkwood's formal City Council meeting did not advance a Walmart and Wing special-use request. KMOX reported on October 16 that the council brought the bill forward and no member made a motion, so it did not advance. The Post-Dispatch the same day said council members refused to cast a vote. The city minutes index lists agenda, minutes, and video for October 15; the minutes file was not opened. Wing's Walmart waitlist, opened October 18, still lists St. Louis as coming soon and still shows five live metros: Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and Orlando. Residents who spoke to KMOX cited noise and privacy. KMOX said Kirkwood is one of 12 cities in the region getting a Wing pitch.
2. Names local Walmart sites without a 2027 start day
  On October 16, 2026 the Walmart waitlist still listed Denver and Seattle as coming soon and still showed only five live metros. The Tacoma News Tribune reported an August Federal Way land-use application at 34520 16th Ave. S. and a Tacoma review at 1965 S. Union Ave., with comments due October 17. Westword reported a proposed Wing nest at the Northglenn Walmart, 10755 N. Washington St. Castle Rock file DIR 2026-018 describes a Walmart and Wing pre-application at 133 Sam Walton Lane. Wing's October 5 release still gives only a 2027 metro window. The same check found Kirkwood minutes still ending at October 1 and RIN 2120-AL82 still Pending Review at OIRA.
3. Names Denver and Seattle as 2027 Walmart drone-delivery metros
  On October 5, 2026 Wing and Walmart said they will bring drone delivery to the Denver and Seattle metros in 2027, taking the partnership to nearly 20 U.S. metros and continuing toward more than 270 Walmart locations. The waitlist still shows five live metros. San Francisco Bay Area remains coming soon with no date. Federal Way's mayor was quoted on the Seattle-area plan.
4. Kirkwood City Council holds public hearing on Walmart 18-drone nest
  On October 1, 2026 Kirkwood City Council heard from Walmart and Wing on a special-use request for an 18-drone nest on about 30 southwest parking spaces at the Kirkwood Walmart Supercenter, with deliveries of about 2.5 to 2.75 lb within six miles. Residents cited noise. Council did not vote that night and set further consideration for October 14, 2026. No launch date was given.
5. Belvedere gives first reading to a drone-delivery ordinance
  Belvedere voted 3-2 on September 14, 2026 to give first-reading approval to Marin County's first ordinance on commercial drone delivery. DroneXL reported no delivery had reached a Belvedere doorstep, that Wing still had not named a Bay Area city or date, and that a second reading is set for October 12. Wing's newsroom as of September 26 still lists no Bay Area launch.
6. Starts Lowe's drone deliveries from Matthews, North Carolina
  Lowe's opened a live drone-delivery pilot at its Matthews, North Carolina store, with orders through DoorDash and flights by Wing. Deliveries are as fast as 20 minutes, about 2.5 pounds per flight, and about 5 miles from the store according to CNBC.
7. Appoints two C-suite engineering leaders to industrialize the fleet
  On September 4, 2026 CEO Adam Woodworth appointed Brandon Jones, a decade-long Wing veteran and former U.S. Navy aerospace engineer on the X-47B carrier-landing team, as Chief Autonomous Systems and Applications Officer, overseeing autonomy, flight software, simulation, UTM, and digital platforms. Paul Gojenola, who joined earlier in 2026 after a decade as a Google VP of Hardware (Nest, Home, Fitbit, Pixel Tablets), became Chief Hardware Development and Manufacturing Operations Officer, leading aircraft hardware and manufacturing from the Bay Area lab. Wing framed the hires as preparation to reach 40 million Americans and expand internationally in 2027.
8. Kirkwood Walmart nest enters St. Louis County permitting
  On September 7, 2026 the Webster-Kirkwood Times reported that Wing and Walmart are seeking a special-use permit for an 18-drone nest on about 30 parking spaces at the Kirkwood Walmart Supercenter north of Interstate 44, after an August 19 Planning and Zoning hearing. Wing representative Catherine Lovett said the drones carry up to 2.5 lb, fly about 55 mph at around 200 feet, are not equipped with cameras, and are remotely overseen by trained pilots. Subsequent St. Louis Post-Dispatch coverage said the commission gave a preliminary go-ahead and that City Council will hold a public hearing; no launch date was given as of September 20, 2026.

2026
1. Says it is making thousands of home deliveries a day
  On September 3, 2026 Wing said on X that it is making thousands of deliveries to homes each day and building the largest residential drone-delivery network in the United States. DroneXL noted the post named no new store or date, and that Greater Orlando was still flying from only the two July 29 Walmart Supercenters in Apopka and Clermont, with Ocoee, a second Clermont store, and Haines City still not announced as live.
2. Begins site selection for a new Greater St. Louis market
  By early-to-mid August 2026 Wing and Walmart are finalizing initial delivery-hub sites across the Greater St. Louis area - including Manchester, Maplewood, Kirkwood, St. Charles, and Glen Carbon - kicking off local permitting and zoning presentations for a market not previously announced in the June 9, 2026 seven-city wave. Some residents have raised drone-noise concerns at local zoning meetings; independent FAA noise testing has measured Wing's aircraft at about 84 decibels at 50 feet during delivery, compared with 79 dB for Zipline and 88 dB for Amazon's Prime Air.
3. Completes nearly 1,000 drone deliveries inside World Cup flight restrictions
  Between June 16 and July 15, 2026, Wing operates its Dallas and Charlotte networks inside FAA Temporary Flight Restrictions put in place for 2026 FIFA World Cup match venues, fan festivals, and team hotels - working with the FAA and the Department of Homeland Security to keep commercial drone delivery running through nearly 250 World Cup-related TFRs, completing close to 1,000 deliveries in the process.
4. First Florida market opens in Greater Orlando
  Wing and Walmart launch drone delivery across Greater Orlando on July 29, 2026, starting from two Walmart Supercenters in Apopka and Clermont, covering more than 50,000 homes and businesses with orders arriving in 30 minutes or less. It is Wing's first Florida market and the state's first active drone-delivery service since rival DroneUp exited Florida in 2024; Florida flights currently cap payload at 2.5 lb (versus 5 lb in other markets), with plans to raise it later. Three more Orlando-area stores are planned in the coming weeks: Ocoee, a second Clermont location, and Haines City.
5. Houston network expands to 13 Walmart locations
  Wing and Walmart add drone delivery at eight more Greater Houston-area Walmart stores on July 8, 2026, bringing the local network to 13 locations and putting drone delivery within reach of more than 1 million Houston-area residents.
6. Surpasses 1 million commercial deliveries
  Wing crosses 1 million total commercial deliveries and says its top 25% of customers now use the service three times a week. Chief Business Officer Heather Rivera says the milestone shows drone delivery 'isn't just a novelty, it's a service many customers count on multiple times per week.'
7. Partners with Papa John's for first national QSR drone delivery pilot
  Wing launches a pilot with Papa John's - its first direct partnership with a national quick-service restaurant chain - delivering Oven Toasted Sandwiches from a single franchise near Indian Trail, North Carolina, tapping into the delivery nest Wing already operates there for its DoorDash service. The drone network will eventually integrate with Papa John's first-party app and its Lou AI ordering assistant.
8. Seven-city expansion announced - world's largest-ever drone delivery rollout
  On June 9, 2026, Wing and Walmart announce what they describe as the world's largest-ever drone delivery expansion, adding Memphis, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Salt Lake City in a single wave - bringing the partnership to nearly 20 U.S. markets and tracking toward 270+ delivery locations and roughly 40 million Americans within reach by 2027. As of September 20, 2026 Wing's Walmart waitlist still lists all seven as coming soon.
9. Walmart crosses 1M drone deliveries with Wing and Zipline
  Walmart marks 1 million U.S. drone deliveries on May 29, 2026, with 40% of that million coming in Walmart's fiscal Q1 of FY27. The retailer now runs drone delivery from 66 stores across 4 states and 5 metros using parallel partnerships with Wing and Zipline, with Texas alone accounting for over 200,000 of the deliveries and a 23-minute average order-to-door time.
10. Bay Area homecoming announced
  On March 23, 2026 Wing announces it will bring residential drone delivery to the San Francisco Bay Area in the coming months - starting in selected San Francisco neighborhoods, then Oakland and San Jose - a return to the metro where the company began as Project Wing inside Google X in 2012.
11. Pushes coast-to-coast rollout into new metros
  Wing kicks off 2026 with a January 11 Walmart announcement adding 150 stores coast to coast and a January 15 Houston launch from five Walmart Supercenters. The combined plan targets more than 270 drone-delivery locations and ~40 million Americans (≈12% of the U.S. population) by 2027.
2025
1. Begins largest-ever U.S. retail expansion
  Wing and Walmart kick off the largest drone-delivery expansion yet in the U.S., taking service to 100 Walmart stores across six major cities and pushing drone delivery closer to mainstream local fulfillment.
2024
1. Expands network and starts London healthcare flights
  Wing deepens its Walmart and DoorDash partnerships, advances its detect-and-avoid system, and begins flying NHS blood samples across central London with Apian and Guy's and St Thomas' hospitals.
2022
1. Launches in Dallas-Fort Worth and scales Australia
  Wing brings drone delivery to the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, the first major U.S. metro to get the service, while its Logan operation in Australia scales past 1,000 deliveries per day.
2019
1. First-ever FAA Air Carrier Certificate for drones
  Wing earns the first Part 135 Air Carrier Certificate granted by the FAA to a drone-delivery company, clearing the way for commercial home delivery in the U.S.
2018
1. Graduates to standalone Alphabet subsidiary
  After incubation inside Google, Wing becomes an independent Alphabet business as it shifts from research project to commercial deployment.
2012
1. Founded as Project Wing within Google X
  Wing starts in Google's labs with the goal of building a faster, more convenient delivery option that can take cars off the road and reduce environmental impact.

Funding

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Alphabet Internal Funding
2012–present
Undisclosed (Alphabet subsidiary)
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Overview

What's next4

Launch Bay Area residential service

Execute the coast-to-coast Walmart rollout

Kirkwood City Council drone-nest hearing and FAA Part 108 OIRA decision

Broaden extended-hours operations and prepare for FAA Part 108

Latest news5

Wing and Walmart add Denver and Seattle for 2027

Wing starts Lowe's drone deliveries from a Charlotte-area store

FAA clears Wing to expand Atlanta and Houston drone nests

Wing and Walmart launch drone delivery in Orlando, Florida

Wing and Walmart launch drone delivery in 7 new US metro areas

Products2

Wing Delivery Drone

Wing Pickup Station & API

Key metrics

Operations & revenue

Revenue streams

Track record

Timeline25

Funding

Overview

What's next4

Launch Bay Area residential service

Execute the coast-to-coast Walmart rollout

Kirkwood City Council drone-nest hearing and FAA Part 108 OIRA decision

Broaden extended-hours operations and prepare for FAA Part 108

Latest news5

Wing and Walmart add Denver and Seattle for 2027

Wing starts Lowe's drone deliveries from a Charlotte-area store

FAA clears Wing to expand Atlanta and Houston drone nests

Wing and Walmart launch drone delivery in Orlando, Florida

Wing and Walmart launch drone delivery in 7 new US metro areas

Products2

Wing Delivery Drone

Wing Pickup Station & API

Key metrics

Operations & revenue

Revenue streams

Track record

Timeline25

Funding

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