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Alphabet ended Titan solar-powered drone program, shifted focus to Loon, Wing

Jan. 11, 2017 3:57 PM ETMeta Platforms, Inc. (META) StockGOOG, META, GOOGLBy: Eric McCaffrey, SA News Editor30 Comments
  • 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.

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