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 to develop solar-powered drones for beaming internet to remote areas.
- Alphabet's X division shifted its focus to Project Loon, which uses high-altitude balloons for internet delivery, citing its superior economic and technical feasibility compared to Titan's drone approach.
- Titan Aerospace had a prototype crash in 2015, and the current activities or involvement of former CEO Vern Raburn with Alphabet are unknown.
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