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 project focused on developing solar-powered drones to provide internet access to remote areas.
- Alphabet's X division discontinued Titan Aerospace, led by former Eclipse Aviation founder Vern Raburn, to shift focus to Project Loon, which uses high-altitude balloons, citing better economic and technical feasibility.
- The closure followed a prototype crash in 2015 and reflects Alphabet's apparent reduced appetite for expensive research projects like Titan, with Raburn's current involvement remaining unclear.
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