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 has launched a highly automated drone delivery service with Walmart in Frisco, Dallas, utilizing a compact "store-to-door" setup in parking lots that minimizes human intervention.
The system demonstrates remarkable efficiency, completing deliveries from order placement to drone return in as little as six minutes for a wide range of products, largely overseen remotely.
While Wing has completed over 350,000 global deliveries, its U.S. expansion is methodical, integrating technologies like remote operations and future AutoLoaders for scalability.
Wider adoption and cost reduction for drone delivery in the U.S., including for Wing, depend significantly on the finalization of clear FAA Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) regulations.
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.
