BARCELONA — Google is getting closer to officially launching its solar-powered drone program Project Titan and will send its first fleet into the sky sometime this year.
Sundar Pichai, senior VP at Google who oversees Android, Chrome and Google apps, took to the stage Monday at Mobile World Congress to outline how the company is working on three big programs aimed at connecting some of the 4 billion people currently without Internet access.
Pichai said Project Titan, which will fly lightweight solar-powered airplanes to serve as remote satellites, is at the same stage where Project Loon was two years ago. Similarly, Loon involves sending balloons into the sky to serve as floating cell towers. Loon has already undergone testing in Australia and South America and is heavily working with partners to get it off the ground, he added. Read more...
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