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 discontinued Titan Aerospace, the project led by Vern Raburn aimed at developing solar-powered drones for beaming internet to remote areas.
- The X division of Alphabet has shifted its focus to Project Loon, deeming high-altitude balloons a more promising and economically feasible solution for connecting rural and remote parts of the world.
- Titan Aerospace faced challenges, including a prototype crash in 2015, and Alphabet appears to be pulling back from hugely expensive research projects of this nature, leaving Vern Raburn's current involvement with the company unclear.
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