COMPANY PROFILE / DRONES AND ROBOTICS
Wing
An Alphabet company growing home drone delivery with big retailers, though its parent’s filings never name it
Wing delivers goods by drone from stores to the yards of people’s homes. It began in 2012 as a project at X, Google’s research arm, and is now an Alphabet company working with Walmart, DoorDash and others to widen service across US cities. What sets this profile apart is that when we checked the parent company Alphabet’s annual report (Form 10-K), neither “Wing” nor the word “drone” appeared. Alphabet reports Wing together with other non-Google businesses under “Other Bets”, so Wing’s own financials cannot be seen from outside. We therefore keep the numbers from Wing’s official announcements apart as “the company’s figures”, and separate the scope of FAA approvals into what Federal Register notices let us confirm and what is the company’s own account. We do not discuss share prices, valuations or investment decisions. All items were checked on 25 October 2026.
- Wing in 30 seconds, and where it stands in drones and robotics
- Logo and name
- Where the company sits in drones and robotics
- Company scale
- Resources put into drones and robotics
- What the company has done so far
- Plans going forward
- What the company appears to be aiming for in drones and robotics
- Partnership map for drones and robotics
- Technologies, products and services
- Risks the company faces
- Glossary
- References
- Claim-to-source audit
1. Wing in 30 seconds, and where it stands in drones and robotics
(primary type)Builds the aircraft and runs the delivery service as one business
Papa JohnsConfirmed in official news (2024 to 2026)
nearly 20 metrosReaching more than 40 million people by 2027 (announcements of June and October 2026)
When you look for figures on Wing’s business, the first obstacle is that Alphabet’s 10-K says very little about Wing. We checked the Form 10-K for the year ended 31 December 2025 and the 10-Q for the quarter ended 30 June 2026, and found that neither contains the word “Wing” or the word “drone” Sourced. Alphabet reports Wing and several other businesses as one segment called “Other Bets”, and says that segment’s revenue comes mainly from “autonomous transportation services and internet services”. So the Other Bets figures (2025: revenue US$1.537 billion, operating loss US$7.515 billion) are not Wing’s figures. The size of Wing can be checked only through the company’s own announcements (delivery counts, partner stores), with no third-party verification.
2. Logo and name
A note on the name: the company is Wing. Its site says the Wing logo is a trademark of Wing Aviation LLC, and the Federal Register writes “Wing Aviation, LLC” or “Wing Aviation LLC”. In the US, Skydio, founded by people who worked on Google’s Project Wing, is a separate company; Wing and Skydio are different companies. The logo is the image on Wing’s official brand-guidelines page.
Official site: https://wing.com/about3. Where the company sits in drones and robotics
Wing is a company that builds aircraft, flies them itself, and delivers goods from shops and restaurants to homes. Like Zipline in the same field, it handles both aircraft development and the delivery service, but its official materials show it growing especially by using the store networks of large retailers (Walmart) and delivery platforms (DoorDash). The core of the business is the setup covered in our explainer on drone logistics: the operating chain that links a delivery base (a store) with delivery addresses. This profile treats the primary type as “Drones & eVTOL” and assigns no secondary type.
4. Company scale
Wing is part of Alphabet and does not report its own revenue, headcount or R&D spending. What we could confirm is below Sourced.
| Item | Detail | Source and note |
|---|---|---|
| Founding and parent | 2012 (a project at X) / an Alphabet company | Official page (About) |
| Cumulative deliveries | “1 million+” (deliveries to homes). Customers reachable through the Walmart partnership: “more than three million” (5 October 2026) | The company’s announcements. No third-party check found. The About page is undated |
| Daily deliveries | “Thousands” (company’s account) | Official news of 5 October 2026. No exact figure is published |
| Alphabet as a whole | Total revenue US$402.836 billion (2025) / 190,820 employees (31 December 2025) | Form 10-K. Not Wing’s figures |
| Other Bets (several businesses including Wing) | 2025: revenue US$1.537 billion, operating loss US$7.515 billion. First half of 2026: revenue US$793 million, operating loss US$3.899 billion | Form 10-K and 10-Q. No breakdown for Wing. The 10-K says the 2025 operating loss includes a US$2.1 billion compensation charge for Waymo, another Other Bets business |
| Wing’s own revenue, profit, headcount, R&D | Not disclosed | Not found. We do not estimate them |
The 10-K says Other Bets revenue comes “primarily from the sale of autonomous transportation services and internet services”. On the increase in the 2025 Other Bets operating loss (US$7.515 billion), it says the main driver was higher compensation expense, largely a valuation-based compensation charge related to Waymo. How much of these figures belongs to Wing is not disclosed, and we do not estimate it Not yet confirmed.
5. Resources put into drones and robotics
| Resource | Detail | Status |
|---|---|---|
| People | Wing’s headcount is not published. Official news of 4 September 2026 announced new leaders for autonomy (Brandon Jones) and for hardware development and manufacturing (Paul Gojenola). The CEO is Adam Woodworth (official page) | Not disclosed (appointments are the company’s announcement) |
| Money | Wing’s own R&D, capital expenditure and fundraising are not published. Alphabet’s Other Bets as a whole had an operating loss of US$7.515 billion in 2025 (including businesses other than Wing) | Not disclosed |
| Outside investments, acquisitions, joint ventures, divestments | None appear in the official news we checked | Not found |
| Universities, research institutes, public bodies | The company says it worked with the FAA and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to obtain permission to deliver inside temporary flight restriction (TFR) areas during the FIFA World Cup (7 August 2026). In the UK it carries samples between hospitals with South West London Pathology (an NHS laboratory network) and Apian | Sourced (company’s account) |
| Where development sits | It began at X inside Alphabet (official page). The 10-K gives X as an example of Other Bets businesses in the research and development phase, focused on breakthrough technologies | Sourced |
Next is a table of the main aircraft and services, as far as official materials and FAA notices let us confirm. Values are the company’s account or the applicant’s concept of operations recorded in FAA notices, not measurements. Checked 25 October 2026 (kilograms and metres in brackets are converted by us from US units Our calculation).
| Name | Type | Main specifications (company’s account or FAA notice, with conditions) | Deployment record | Regulatory position (scope) | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wing delivery aircraft (two types) | Vertical take-off aircraft (dual propulsion) | Company’s account: separate motors for vertical lift and for cruise (“dual propulsion”). Cruise up to 60 mph (about 97 km/h); up to 12 miles (about 19 km) round trip; parcels lowered on a tether. Payload up to 5 lb (about 2.3 kg). It describes two of “the industry’s lightest-weight aircraft” | 1 million+ deliveries cumulatively (company figure). Expanding to nearly 20 US metros (including plans) | The company says it obtained the FAA’s “first” Part 135 air carrier certificate in 2019. A type certificate for any individual model: not found | Operating |
| Model Hummingbird | Aircraft model named in FAA notices (application for a special class type certificate) | FAA notice: maximum take-off weight about 15 lb (about 6.8 kg); about 3.4 ft (about 1.0 m) wide, 4.2 ft (about 1.3 m) long and 9.4 in (about 24 cm) high. Fixed-wing; battery-powered electric motors for take-off, landing and forward flight. The applicant’s concept of operations: up to 400 ft (about 120 m), maximum cruise 68 knots, BVLOS, flight over people, up to 20 aircraft per pilot | n/a (the notice sets a design standard) | Applied for a special class type certificate on 19 September 2018. The FAA published airworthiness criteria (12 January 2024, effective 12 February 2024). Issue of a type certificate not found. How this relates to the two types above is not clear from public materials | Under review (up to publication of criteria) |
| Wing app and hand-over equipment | Ordering and pick-up | A store employee loads the parcel on a “pick-up station” and an aircraft comes to collect it (company’s account). Orders can also be placed through Walmart’s app and site | Walmart, DoorDash, Papa Johns and others | n/a | Operating |
The figures in the table are the company’s account or an applicant’s concept of operations, not measurements. The company’s page says “up to 60 mph”, while the December 2024 announcement says 65 mph at about 150 ft, so the statements do not match (the aircraft or conditions may differ). An FAA notice summarises an application; it does not show whether the request was granted.
Wing’s technology page describes the aircraft as having separate motors for vertical lift and for cruise Sourced (company’s account). Several propellers lift the aircraft at take-off and landing; in cruise the wings provide lift and separate motors push it forward. Each motor set does one job. The FAA notice (2024) describes the Hummingbird as fixed-wing, using battery-powered electric motors for take-off, landing and forward flight. With a maximum take-off weight of about 15 pounds, both airframe weight and the energy a battery stores per unit of weight limit how much can be carried and how far (a general explanation). The official materials do not state the structural materials or battery chemistry Not yet confirmed. The company says it designed the propellers to cut noise and built the aircraft to fly in wind and moderate rain, but we have not seen measured values.
6. What the company has done so far
| When | What happened | Meaning and scope |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Began as a project at X, Alphabet’s research arm | Official page (About) |
| 19 September 2018 | Applied to the FAA for a “special class type certificate” for the Model Hummingbird (14 CFR 21.17(b)) | Stated in the FAA’s 2024 notice, which adds that the FAA approved an extension of the application period because it ran past three years |
| 28 September 2018 | Petitioned for an exemption to run paid package delivery under Part 135 with small unmanned aircraft | FAA notice. A summary; the notice does not show the outcome |
| 2019 | The company says it received a “Part 135 air carrier certificate” from the FAA, and started commercial home delivery in the US the same year | The company’s account (About page). We could not retrieve an FAA statement |
| 5 September 2019 | Petitioned to amend its exemption: training of pilots, visual observers and others | FAA notice; the outcome is not shown |
| 26 April 2021 | Petitioned to amend Exemption No. 18163: pilots in a central hub away from the operating area, aircraft staged at several sites, and others | FAA notice; the outcome is not shown |
| 2022 | Began in Dallas-Fort Worth (described as the first use of drone delivery in a major US metro) | The company’s account (About page) |
| 8 February 2023 | The FAA published proposed airworthiness criteria for the Hummingbird | Comments were invited until 10 March 2023 |
| 3 October 2023 | Petitioned to amend Exemption No. 18163D: move from prescriptive to performance-based conditions, use ADS-B (aircraft position broadcasts) for detect and avoid in BVLOS operations without visual observers, and revise weather conditions | FAA notice; the outcome is not shown |
| 12 January 2024 | The FAA published special class airworthiness criteria for the Hummingbird (effective 12 February 2024) | This is the standard for review, not issue of a type certificate |
| 18 December 2024 | Started drone delivery through the DoorDash app at two Brookfield Properties malls in Dallas-Fort Worth (50+ merchants) | The company’s announcement. Cumulative deliveries then: “400,000+” |
| 2025 | Announced with Walmart an expansion to 100 stores in five cities | The company’s announcement (About page) |
| January 2026 | Announced with Walmart a plan for 270+ stores reaching more than 40 million Americans by 2027 | A company plan (cited in the news of 8 June 2026) |
| 11 May 2026 | Partnership with Papa Johns; pilot started in Charlotte | The company’s announcement |
| 8 June 2026 | Announced seven new metros with Walmart (Memphis, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, the San Francisco Bay Area and Salt Lake City) | Announcement and plan (Not yet confirmed) |
| 16 July 2026 | Said it is carrying samples between hospitals in South West London with the NHS pathology network and Apian (journeys of up to 40 minutes by road become about 5 minutes) | The company’s announcement |
| 29 July 2026 | Began delivery around Orlando with Walmart (its first Florida market) | The company’s announcement. The service area covers “well over 50,000 homes, businesses and apartment buildings” |
| 7 August 2026 | Said it made “nearly a thousand” deliveries inside temporary flight restrictions in Dallas and Charlotte during the World Cup (16 June to 15 July) | The company’s account. It says the FAA and DHS gave authorisation |
| 4 September 2026 | Announced new leaders for autonomy and hardware development | The company’s announcement |
| 5 October 2026 | Announced with Walmart expansion to Denver and Seattle in 2027; nearly 20 metros, 270+ stores planned | Announcement and plan (Not yet confirmed) |
7. Plans going forward
nearly 20 metrosCompany plan. Reaching more than 40 million people by 2027 (June and October 2026)
(finalisation not confirmed)Proposed 7 August 2025. We found no final rule in the Federal Register
The FAA’s proposed rule (Part 108, 7 August 2025) is a framework that would allow beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) flight by rule rather than case-by-case permission. A document of 10 February 2026 denied requests to extend the comment period. We found no final rule as of 25 October 2026 Not yet confirmed. The FAA’s own page says paid package delivery by small drones goes through the Part 135 process, and that BVLOS operations need an exemption or waiver.
The primary sources we checked do not mention the following Not yet confirmed.
Wing’s own headcount, revenue, profit, R&D and fundraising / any separate mention of Wing in Alphabet’s 10-K and 10-Q (we checked: none) / the location of its headquarters (not found on official pages) / issue of a type certificate for any Wing model / the outcome of the exemption petitions published from 2018 to 2023 / the content of its Part 135 certificate (the company says it obtained it in 2019) / structural materials and battery type / how each aircraft is treated under FCC rules.
8. What the company appears to be aiming for in drones and robotics
This section includes points the company has not stated itself. They are inferences from primary sources, each shown with its basis.
| What we read | Primary-source basis | Type |
|---|---|---|
| It aims to widen delivery areas quickly by using the existing store network of a major retailer (Walmart) | The 270+ store plan of January 2026, then seven metros in June, Orlando in July and Denver and Seattle in October, announced month by month | Sourced (company announcement) / Inference (the reading of strategy) |
| It is widening the goods carried from retail to food and medical samples | Papa Johns (May 2026), NHS and Apian in the UK (July 2026), DoorDash (December 2024) | Sourced (company announcement) |
| On regulation, it is seeking wider exceptions to operate, such as flying at large events | Its account of delivering inside TFRs during the World Cup (7 August 2026) | Inference |
| It is investing in manufacturing and operating capacity | The 4 September 2026 news puts new leaders over autonomy and hardware and describes a goal of expanding in the US and beyond in 2027 | Inference |
Wing’s official news between June and October 2026 announced new Walmart markets almost every month (seven metros on 8 June, Orlando on 29 July, Denver and Seattle on 5 October) Sourced (company announcements). Meanwhile, Alphabet’s 10-K and 10-Q do not name Wing Sourced. Together these lead us to read that how far Wing’s expansion has actually gone can be checked from outside only through the company’s announcements Not yet confirmed. The announced counts of cities and stores include plans, and we could not confirm from public materials how many are actually operating.
9. Partnership map for drones and robotics
10. Technologies, products and services
| Area | What official materials show | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Delivery aircraft | Dual propulsion with separate lift and cruise motors. Cruise up to 60 mph, up to 12 miles round trip, 5 lb payload (company’s account) | From store to home. Lowers the parcel to the ground on a tether |
| Precise lowering | Checks the delivery spot for obstacles such as cars or trampolines and moves if needed before lowering (company’s account). Says a space the size of a picnic blanket is enough | Delivery to small places such as yards and driveways |
| Flight oversight | Pilots watch many flights from one place; individual flights are not hand-flown. They monitor weather and air traffic (company’s account) | One pilot looks after many aircraft |
| Ordering | The Wing app, Walmart’s app and site, and the DoorDash app | If the address is eligible, drone delivery appears as an option at checkout |
| Medical sample delivery | Between hospitals in South West London (NHS and Apian) | Turns a road journey of up to 40 minutes into a flight of about 5 minutes (company’s account) |
11. Risks the company faces
| Risk | Detail | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Financials are hard to see | Alphabet’s 10-K and 10-Q do not name Wing, which sits within Other Bets. Wing’s own revenue, loss and investment cannot be confirmed, so the economics of the business cannot be assessed from outside | Sourced (checked) |
| The scope of approvals is hard to check from outside | FAA notices summarise exemption petitions and do not show outcomes; issue of a type certificate cannot be confirmed. The company says it obtained a Part 135 certificate in 2019, but the scope by aircraft, operation and exemption cannot be pinned down from public materials | Sourced |
| Delay in finalising the rule | The FAA’s Part 108 is a proposal and no final rule is confirmed. Until then Wing relies on individual exemptions and Part 135 | Not yet confirmed |
| Verifying the company’s figures | Cumulative deliveries and customer counts are the company’s announcements with no independent check found. Some numbers, such as speed, differ between official statements | Sourced (company’s account) |
| Delivery of plans | 270+ stores, nearly 20 metros and 40 million+ people are plans, not achievements. How many are operating cannot be confirmed | Not yet confirmed |
| Relation to FCC rules | The FCC Covered List applies to aircraft “produced in a foreign country”. We did not check where Wing’s aircraft are made or how they are treated (for example as a domestic end product). Wing does not appear on the Conditional Approvals list (checked on the page showing “Updated October 23, 2026”) | Sourced / Not yet confirmed |
| Reliance on a retail partner | Because expansion centres on Walmart’s store network, the state of that partnership shapes how far the business can spread | Inference |
12. Glossary
- Other Bets
- The segment in which Alphabet reports its newer businesses, such as Waymo, separately from Google’s services and cloud.
- X
- Alphabet’s research arm, which works on technologies for very large problems it calls “moonshots”.
- Part 135
- The part of US federal aviation regulations that governs paid air-carrier operations; drone delivery uses the same certification process.
- Exemption
- A conditional decision by the FAA not to apply a specific rule. A summary of each petition is published in the Federal Register.
- Special class type certificate
- A certificate for an aircraft design that fits no existing category, reviewed against criteria written for it. The criteria are published first.
- BVLOS
- Beyond visual line of sight: flying beyond what the pilot or an observer can see.
- TFR
- Temporary flight restriction: a temporary no-fly zone set up for events and similar purposes.
- ADS-B
- A system by which aircraft broadcast their own position by radio, used to detect other aircraft.
- Dual propulsion
- A layout with separate motors and propellers for take-off and landing and for cruise.
- NHS
- The UK’s public health service.
- Covered List
- The FCC’s list of equipment judged to pose a national security risk.
- Airworthiness criteria
- The design standards against which the FAA decides an aircraft is fit to fly.
13. References
- Wing About Wing (official). Origins, history, leadership, cumulative deliveries. https://wing.com/about
- Wing How Wing’s Drone Delivery Technology Works (official technology page). Propulsion, cruise speed, round-trip distance, weather. https://wing.com/technology
- Wing Official news, “Wing and Walmart name new metros to expand the nation’s largest drone delivery network” (5 October 2026; announcement and plan). https://wing.com/news/wing-walmart-new-metros-nations-largest-drone-delivery-network
- Wing Official news, “Wing and Walmart bring the power of the nation’s largest drone delivery network to Florida” (29 July 2026). https://wing.com/news/wing-walmart-bring-the-power-of-the-nations-largest-drone-delivery-network-to-florida
- Wing Official news, “Wing and Walmart name seven new markets for drone delivery service” (8 June 2026; announcement and plan). https://wing.com/news/wing-and-walmart-seven-new-markets-drone-delivery
- Wing Official news, “Delivering throughout the tournament” (7 August 2026; the company’s account). https://wing.com/news/delivering-throughout-the-tournament
- Wing Official news, “Building the future: Wing’s technical leadership” (4 September 2026). https://wing.com/news/building-the-future-technical-leadership
- Wing Official news, “Wing and Papa Johns partner to build the future of fresh, hot delivery by drone” (11 May 2026). https://wing.com/news/wing-papa-johns-fresh-hot-drone-deliveries
- Wing Official news, “Elevating Healthcare Logistics: Wing Partners with Apian and the NHS for South West London Drone Deliveries” (16 July 2026). https://wing.com/news/elevating-healthcare-logistics-wing-apian-nhs-south-west-london-drone-deliveries
- Wing Official news, “Drone delivery set to launch at Brookfield Properties’ Dallas-Fort Worth malls in partnership with DoorDash” (18 December 2024). https://wing.com/news/drone-delivery-set-to-launch-at
- Alphabet Inc. Form 10-K for the year ended 31 December 2025 (filed 5 February 2026). Other Bets revenue and operating loss, headcount. It does not name Wing. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000165204426000018/goog-20251231.htm
- Alphabet Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarter ended 30 June 2026 (filed 23 July 2026). Other Bets half-year revenue and operating loss. It does not name Wing. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000165204426000071/goog-20260630.htm
- Federal Register (FAA) Airworthiness Criteria: Special Class Airworthiness Criteria for the Wing Aviation LLC; Hummingbird Unmanned Aircraft, 89 FR 2118 (12 January 2024; effective 12 February 2024). https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/01/12/2024-00549/airworthiness-criteria-special-class-airworthiness-criteria-for-the-wing-aviation-llc-hummingbird
- Federal Register (FAA) Proposed airworthiness criteria for the same aircraft, 88 FR 8333 (8 February 2023). https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/02/08/2023-02598/airworthiness-criteria-special-class-airworthiness-criteria-for-the-wing-aviation-llc-hummingbird
- Federal Register (FAA) Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Wing Aviation, 88 FR 68270 (3 October 2023). https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/10/03/2023-21810/petition-for-exemption-summary-of-petition-received-wing-aviation
- Federal Register (FAA) Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Wing Aviation, LLC, 86 FR 22093 (26 April 2021). https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/04/26/2021-08649/petition-for-exemption-summary-of-petition-received-wing-aviation-llc
- Federal Register (FAA) Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Wing Aviation, LLC, 84 FR 46774 (5 September 2019). https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/09/05/2019-19137/petition-for-exemption-summary-of-petition-received-wing-aviation-llc
- Federal Register (FAA) Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Wing Aviation, LLC, 83 FR 49158 (28 September 2018). https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/09/28/2018-21206/petition-for-exemption-summary-of-petition-received-wing-aviation-llc
- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Package Delivery by Drone (Part 135) (official FAA page). Part 135 certificate, and exemption or waiver for BVLOS. https://www.faa.gov/uas/advanced_operations/package_delivery_drone
- Federal Register (FAA) Normalizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations (proposed rule, 7 August 2025). https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/07/2025-14992/normalizing-unmanned-aircraft-systems-beyond-visual-line-of-sight-operations
- Federal Register (FAA) Same proposed rule: reopening of the comment period and denial of an extension (document dated 10 February 2026). https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/10/2026-02649/normalizing-unmanned-aircraft-systems-beyond-visual-line-of-sight-operations-reopening-of-comment
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Covered List FAQs: UAS and UAS Critical Components (updated 21 July 2026). https://www.fcc.gov/covered-list-faqs-uas-and-uas-critical-components
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC) List of Equipment and Services Covered By Section 2 of The Secure Networks Act (page showed “Updated October 23, 2026”). https://www.fcc.gov/supplychain/coveredlist
- Wing Wing brand guidelines (official; the source of the logo). https://wing.com/brand-guidelines
14. Claim-to-source audit
| Claim in the text | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Began in 2012 as a project at X; the account of the 2019 Part 135 certificate; Dallas-Fort Worth in 2022; 1 million+ deliveries; leadership (CEO Adam Woodworth) | Sourced (company’s account) | Reference 1 https://wing.com/about |
| Dual propulsion, cruise up to 60 mph, up to 12 miles round trip, weather and noise, precise lowering, central monitoring by pilots | Sourced (company’s account) | Reference 2 https://wing.com/technology |
| Walmart’s new markets (Denver and Seattle), 3 million+ customers, payload up to 5 lb, cruise 60 mph, thousands of deliveries a day (5 October 2026) | Sourced (company announcement) / Not yet confirmed (plan) | Reference 3 https://wing.com/news/wing-walmart-new-metros-nations-largest-drone-delivery-network |
| Start of service around Orlando; service area of 50,000+ (29 July 2026) | Sourced (company announcement) | Reference 4 https://wing.com/news/wing-walmart-bring-the-power-of-the-nations-largest-drone-delivery-network-to-florida |
| Seven new markets; plan of 270+ stores reaching 40 million+ people by 2027 (8 June 2026) | Sourced (company announcement) / Not yet confirmed (plan) | Reference 5 https://wing.com/news/wing-and-walmart-seven-new-markets-drone-delivery |
| Deliveries inside TFRs during the World Cup (nearly a thousand) and the FAA and DHS authorisation (7 August 2026) | Sourced (company’s account) | Reference 6 https://wing.com/news/delivering-throughout-the-tournament |
| New technical leadership (4 September 2026) and the 2027 expansion goal | Sourced (company announcement) | Reference 7 https://wing.com/news/building-the-future-technical-leadership |
| Partnership with Papa Johns and the Charlotte pilot (11 May 2026) | Sourced (company announcement) | Reference 8 https://wing.com/news/wing-papa-johns-fresh-hot-drone-deliveries |
| Sample delivery with the NHS and Apian in the UK (16 July 2026) | Sourced (company announcement) | Reference 9 https://wing.com/news/elevating-healthcare-logistics-wing-apian-nhs-south-west-london-drone-deliveries |
| DoorDash delivery at shopping centres (18 December 2024), 65 mph and about 150 ft, 400,000+ cumulative | Sourced (company announcement) | Reference 10 https://wing.com/news/drone-delivery-set-to-launch-at |
| Alphabet 10-K: Other Bets revenue and operating loss (2025), 190,820 employees, total revenue, the absence of any mention of Wing, the description of Other Bets revenue | Sourced | Reference 11 https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000165204426000018/goog-20251231.htm |
| Alphabet 10-Q: Other Bets revenue and operating loss for the first half of 2026; no mention of Wing | Sourced | Reference 12 https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000165204426000071/goog-20260630.htm |
| Hummingbird airworthiness criteria (published 12 January 2024, effective 12 February), the application of 19 September 2018, maximum take-off weight about 15 lb, dimensions, concept of operations | Sourced | Reference 13 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/01/12/2024-00549/airworthiness-criteria-special-class-airworthiness-criteria-for-the-wing-aviation-llc-hummingbird |
| Proposed Hummingbird airworthiness criteria (8 February 2023) | Sourced | Reference 14 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/02/08/2023-02598/airworthiness-criteria-special-class-airworthiness-criteria-for-the-wing-aviation-llc-hummingbird |
| Exemption petition of 3 October 2023 (amendment of Exemption No. 18163D) | Sourced | Reference 15 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/10/03/2023-21810/petition-for-exemption-summary-of-petition-received-wing-aviation |
| Exemption petition of 26 April 2021 (amendment of Exemption No. 18163) | Sourced | Reference 16 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/04/26/2021-08649/petition-for-exemption-summary-of-petition-received-wing-aviation-llc |
| Exemption petition of 5 September 2019 (training) | Sourced | Reference 17 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/09/05/2019-19137/petition-for-exemption-summary-of-petition-received-wing-aviation-llc |
| Exemption petition of 28 September 2018 (Part 135 operations with small unmanned aircraft) | Sourced | Reference 18 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/09/28/2018-21206/petition-for-exemption-summary-of-petition-received-wing-aviation-llc |
| The Part 135 process and the need for an exemption or waiver for BVLOS (FAA) | Sourced | Reference 19 https://www.faa.gov/uas/advanced_operations/package_delivery_drone |
| The FAA’s BVLOS proposed rule (7 August 2025) | Sourced | Reference 20 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/07/2025-14992/normalizing-unmanned-aircraft-systems-beyond-visual-line-of-sight-operations |
| Denial of an extension of the comment period (10 February 2026); no final rule found in the Federal Register | Sourced / Not yet confirmed | Reference 21 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/10/2026-02649/normalizing-unmanned-aircraft-systems-beyond-visual-line-of-sight-operations-reopening-of-comment |
| The Covered List’s scope (foreign-produced), exceptions and the Conditional Approvals list | Sourced | Reference 22 and 23 https://www.fcc.gov/covered-list-faqs-uas-and-uas-critical-componentshttps://www.fcc.gov/supplychain/coveredlist |
| The source of the logo | Sourced | Reference 24 https://wing.com/brand-guidelines |
| Unit conversions (lb to kg, feet to metres, miles to km) | Our calculation | Our conversion of values on Wing’s technology page and in FAA notices https://wing.com/technology |
| Wing’s own headcount, revenue, profit, R&D, headquarters location, issue of a type certificate, outcome of exemption petitions, aircraft materials | Not yet confirmed | Not stated in the materials we checked; not estimated https://wing.com/about |
| The four-type classification and Wing’s position | Our calculation | This article’s own classification; company names are examples from this series |
| Using a major retailer’s store network to widen areas quickly | Inference | Our reading of the official news from June to October 2026 https://wing.com/news/wing-walmart-new-metros-nations-largest-drone-delivery-network |
| Seeking wider exceptions to operate, such as flying at large events | Inference | Our reading of the World Cup account https://wing.com/news/delivering-throughout-the-tournament |
| Investing in manufacturing and operating capacity | Inference | Our reading of the announcement of new technical leadership https://wing.com/news/building-the-future-technical-leadership |
| Expansion progress can be checked from outside only through company announcements | Inference | Our reading of the 10-K and 10-Q (no mention of Wing) and the official news https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000165204426000018/goog-20251231.htm |
| Reliance on a retail partner as a risk | Inference | Our own reading (expansion centres on Walmart’s store network) |
Last updated 25 October 2026 / Troy Technical
Alphabet’s figures here come from the Form 10-K and 10-Q it filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings do not name Wing, and the Other Bets figures are not Wing’s own. Business figures such as delivery counts are the company’s figures from Wing’s official announcements, and we found no independent verification. For FAA approvals we separate what the Federal Register notices (petition summaries and criteria) let us confirm from the company’s own account. No share prices, valuations or investment views are given. No research-firm estimates or press-based figures have been used. Passages marked “Inference” are our reading of the primary sources and are not statements by the company or any authority. This article is not legal or investment advice.