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Nov 6, 2026

Alphabet's Wing to invest up to $125M in new Texas drone manufacturing facility

Wing, Alphabet's drone delivery unit, is investing up to $125 million in a new manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, Texas, with capacity to build tens of thousands of drones.

Nov 6, 2026·2 sources

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▪Wing delivery drones hover between 150 and 200 feet above ground to lower packages via a winch tether, eliminating the need to land on the ground
▪DroneUp closed 18 hubs and cut jobs in 2024 after its actual per-delivery cost reached roughly $30 against a $7 target
▪Drone delivery operators currently average 3 to 8 deliveries per drone per day, whereas economic profitability models require 200 or more deliveries daily per aircraft

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Federal agencies Federal Communications Commission Drone manufacturing Texas Tariff policy Federal Aviation Administration Trump administration Alphabet U.S. supply chain reshoring

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