After Google Grounds Its Drone Project, Facebook Ramps Up Flights
- Solar-powered Aquila drone to fly a couple of times each month
- Google announced closure of Titan project in January
Facebook's Aquila drone
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While Google shuttered its Titan drone project, Facebook Inc. is planning to ramp up test flights for its own experimental solar-powered glider.
Facebook will begin launching a couple of flights a month of its Aquila drone, Jay Parikh, head of engineering and infrastructure, said in an interview Monday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.