According to the report from Wall Street Journal, Google is purchasing Titan Aerospace, makers of high altitude, solar-powered drone aircraft. Google is working on some projects that are still in the early stages, so it is said that Google is going to use this aerospace technology for its development projects but also possibly used for Maps and other consumer facing products.
Regarding this acquisition Google said "The Titan team will work closely with Google’s Project Loon, which is building large, high-altitude balloons that send Internet signals to areas of the world that are currently not online."
Another project for which Google may use this technology is the project Makani, which is an airborne wind turbine that it hopes will generate energy more efficiently. Drones developed by Titan are very capable of collecting real-time, high-resolution images of the earth, they are also capable of carrying other atmospheric sensors and support voice and data services.
That type of technology could also help other Google businesses, including its Maps division, Titan says. There were no financial details disclosed, but Google provided the following statement to the WSJ:
“It’s still early days, but atmospheric satellites could help bring internet access to millions of people, and help solve other problems, including disaster relief and environmental damage like deforestation,” a Google spokesman said in a statement.
Source: Wall Street Journal
Regarding this acquisition Google said "The Titan team will work closely with Google’s Project Loon, which is building large, high-altitude balloons that send Internet signals to areas of the world that are currently not online."
Another project for which Google may use this technology is the project Makani, which is an airborne wind turbine that it hopes will generate energy more efficiently. Drones developed by Titan are very capable of collecting real-time, high-resolution images of the earth, they are also capable of carrying other atmospheric sensors and support voice and data services.
That type of technology could also help other Google businesses, including its Maps division, Titan says. There were no financial details disclosed, but Google provided the following statement to the WSJ:
“It’s still early days, but atmospheric satellites could help bring internet access to millions of people, and help solve other problems, including disaster relief and environmental damage like deforestation,” a Google spokesman said in a statement.
Source: Wall Street Journal
Faizan Ahmad
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