- Titan had been integrated with Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) X division around a year ago, though in a statement today, the company notes "exploration of high altitude UAVs for internet access" had been terminated soon thereafter.
- Instead Alphabet expresses greater confidence in Project Loon, a network of balloons on the edge of space, considering the operation "a much more promising way to connect rural and remote parts of the world."
- Members of the Titan team have also been reassigned to Project Wing, where automated aircraft for various delivery applications (i.e consumer goods, medicine, burritos) comprise emphasis.
- While Alphabet has apparently exited the field for solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicles, such technology remains an area under concentration at Facebook (FB) as that company pursues its own efforts to bring connectivity to remote areas of Earth.