Google moves into drone market with Titan purchase

Google is adding drones to its fleets of robots and driverless cars.

The internet-search company said yesterday that it acquired Titan Aerospace, a maker of high-altitude, solar-powered satellites that provides access to data services around the world. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Google is looking for new ways to offer online services to users through Project Loon, which it unveiled last year to help connect people in rural or remote areas to the web using balloons and other machinery.