X, a division of Google’s parent company Alphabet, is ending its solar-powered drone program, reassigning members of the Titan team to other projects.
News of Titan's demise comes two days after Bloomberg reported that Alphabet plans to sell Terra Bella, its satellite-imaging service.
Google bought a company called Titan Aerospace in 2014. It had been developing solar-powered drones that could fly for several days at a time and take images of earth or beam down internet.
When Google reorganized into Alphabet in 2015, Titan was folded into X. Titan was then lumped into Project Wing, the X division that works on delivery drones.
An X representative, Jacquelyn Miller, told Business Insider that X will instead focus on Project Loon, which makes high-altitude balloons, for delivering internet from the sky.
The end of Titan is the latest example of Alphabet's attempt to trim the fat and focus on projects it believes can generate growth opportunities.
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