Wing says it will spend up to $125 million on a Fort Worth plant

Wing says it will invest up to $125 million in a Fort Worth plant over the next two years. The company says the site is a 15000-square-foot manufacturing facility, and that it is creating up to 100 manufacturing jobs there. It says the plant can build tens of thousands of aircraft a year. The post does not give an opening date.

Wing says the money is for direct manufacturing. It also says it is spending on research and engineering in California, and on the communities where it already flies. CEO Adam Woodworth said, "The U.S. is our focus for growth, and by investing in the future of drone delivery here, we are continuing to advance American aviation innovation as we build our commercial momentum."

The company says it has completed more than one million home deliveries in the United States this year. It says it now flies from more than 70 sites, and that this is the largest drone-delivery footprint in the country. It says the service delivers thousands of packages a day. It also says it plans to reach more than 40 million Americans by 2027, across nearly 20 U.S. markets.

Wing traces the service to 2012, inside Alphabet's X lab. It says the early work was home delivery of a two-pound package, after testing in California. It says it received a Part 135 air-carrier certificate for drone operations in 2019, and that it was the first such certificate in the country. It points to a coming rule on flights beyond visual line of sight as part of the expansion, and it does not give a date for that rule or for the first aircraft from the Fort Worth plant.