{"title":"DJI vs Wing: Drones & aerial compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/dji-vs-wing","comparison":"DJI ranks 10 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 92; Wing ranks 71 with 80. DJI is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, technology and positioning. Wing is ahead on firepower and leverage. Level on progress. DJI is based in Shenzhen, China, Wing in United States. DJI: Established. Wing: Subsidiary. DJI is named in 39 signals and Wing in 19.","companies":[{"name":"DJI","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/dji","city":"Shenzhen","country":"China","stage":"Established","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"DJI is the dominant Chinese drone maker (~60-77% global share depending on source, ~$3.5B estimated 2024 revenue) shipping millions of units a year, having launched the FlyCart 100 (a 100kg delivery drone) in December 2025 and folded in its Livox lidar subsidiary. Its setbacks are US Covered List/NDAA pressure and an ongoing DC Circuit case. It is the multi-rotor category leader facing a US market-access fight.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Robotics","list":"Robotics 100","rank":10,"score":92,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":10,"progress":9,"firepower":8,"commercial":10,"deployment":10,"production":10,"technology":10},"why":"DJI designs, manufactures and sells consumer and professional drones, including the Avata 360, Neo 2 and Mini 5 Pro, plus related video transmission and swarm systems.","segment":"Drones & aerial","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":39,"facts_total":14},{"name":"Wing","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/wing","city":null,"country":"United States","stage":"Subsidiary","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Wing (Alphabet) operates what it claims is the largest US retail drone-delivery network (under-2.5 lb packages, a 6-8 mile radius, ~30-minute windows), expanding with Walmart (+150 stores across four more cities, January 2026) and into Central Florida (July 2026). Its DoorDash partner obtained its own FAA Part 135 certificate in July 2026, making it both a partner and an emerging competitor. Revenue is not broken out of Alphabet (estimated <25m).","assessed_in":{"domain":"Robotics","list":"Robotics 100","rank":71,"score":80,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["technology","firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":9,"firepower":10,"commercial":4,"deployment":8,"production":6,"technology":8},"why":"Wing develops and operates autonomous delivery drones for retail deliveries and medical blood-sample transport.","segment":"Drones & aerial","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":19,"facts_total":8}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}