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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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Top claims

  • ▪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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