Google, on Monday, confirmed its acquisition of drone maker Titan Aerospace, a maker of high-altitude drone satellites. Last week, the Silicon Valley Business Journal reported that Google was interested in expanding their imagery capabilities to enhance their Google Earth product. Facebook is also interested in being an innovative internet provider. 

Both Ascenta and Titan Aerospace are in the business of high altitude drones.

Titan Aerospace, which has around 20 employees, develops solar-powered unmanned aircraft that can fly non-stop for years hundreds of meters above the ground, beaming wireless signals to the ground. Drones that can remain aloft for long periods of time could be used to constantly update of images of the Earth, which Google could put to use in its Maps platform.

The news was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

"Titan Aerospace and Google share a profound optimism about the potential for technology to improve the world," a Google spokesman said in a statement. Atmospheric satellites "could help bring Internet access to millions of people, and help solve other problems, including disaster relief and environmental damage like deforestation."

                               

Google is trying to deliver Internet access to people who live in places that are too difficult to reach with wires and other traditional means of accessing the Internet. But with the help of Drones, Google can provide the Internet connectivity for longer distances, remote areas and also can connect their internet balloons in those areas which still remain without internet in this today’s world with the help of Drones in near future.

Google's “Project Loon” envisions a network of balloons to deliver internet throughout the world. But just a few weeks ago Facebook announced the purchase of a similar drone manufacturer Ascenta for $20 million.