Mystery surrounds what former Eclipse Aviation founder and CEO Vern Raburn is doing these days, but we do know that Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has pulled the plug on Titan Aerospace, the company Raburn had been tapped to head to build solar-powered drones that would beam Internet to remote parts of the world.
Google Shuts Down Vern Raburn’s Titan Aerospace
Key Takeaways:
- Alphabet (Google's parent company) has shut down Titan Aerospace, a company previously headed by Vern Raburn, which focused on developing solar-powered drones to provide internet access to remote regions.
- Alphabet's X division is redirecting its efforts towards Project Loon, which utilizes high-altitude balloons for internet delivery, citing better economic and technical feasibility compared to Titan's drone technology.
- Titan Aerospace experienced a prototype crash in 2015, and the current involvement of its former head, Vern Raburn, with Alphabet or X is unknown.
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