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, the company led by Vern Raburn that aimed to deliver Internet to remote areas using solar-powered drones.
- Alphabet is shifting its focus and resources to Project Loon, which uses high-altitude balloons for Internet delivery, citing its greater economic and technical feasibility.
- The closure follows a prototype crash in 2015 and indicates Alphabet's reduced appetite for continuing hugely expensive research projects like Titan Aerospace.
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