How It’s Delivered: Wing Gives Us a Glimpse of a Future with Drone Delivery
The company, owned by Google parent Alphabet, gave FLYING an inside look at its new service outside Dallas as drone delivery gathers momentum in the U.S.
Wing’s Frisco, Texas, drone delivery service uses only a tennis court-sized space on the ground. [Jack Daleo/FLYING]
Key Takeaways:
Wing, Alphabet's drone delivery company, has launched an automated and efficient service from a Walmart Supercenter in Frisco, Dallas, characterized by a compact operational footprint, remote oversight, and rapid delivery times.
The Frisco service is already seeing strong customer demand for a wide range of products, and Wing plans further U.S. expansion, building on its international success and technological innovations like the Wing Delivery Network.
Widespread scaling of drone delivery in the U.S., including Wing's, is significantly dependent on the FAA establishing clear Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) regulations to simplify operations and reduce costs.
About 210,000 now live in Frisco, to the northwest of the fast-growing Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. But that’s not the buzzing I’m referring to. Because accompanying that influx of residents are the first flights of a new technology: drones.
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Jack is a staff writer covering advanced air mobility, including everything from drones to unmanned aircraft systems to space travel—and a whole lot more. He spent close to two years reporting on drone delivery for FreightWaves, covering the biggest news and developments in the space and connecting with industry executives and experts. Jack is also a basketball aficionado, a frequent traveler and a lover of all things logistics.
