FAA updates Wing's exemptions, letting it scale deliveries more efficiently

Wing/Wing delivery network

The FAA approved Wing's detect-and-avoid approach using ADS-B aircraft transponder signals to spot crewed traffic, enabling deliveries beyond visual line of sight without ground observers in Dallas-Fort Worth. The approval allows Wing to expand beyond its 6-mile radius around Frisco to serve similar major-city airspace nationwide.

• Detect-and-avoid system uses Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) for traffic identification
• Approved for major Dallas airspace where traditional aircraft continually broadcast position
• Initial approval covers Dallas-Fort Worth; company plans expansion to similar airspace around other major US cities
• Authorization enables scaled operations nationwide without visual line-of-sight observers on the ground