Facebook is in talks to buy Titan Aerospace, a maker of solar-powered drones, as the company steps up its efforts to provide internet access to remote parts of the world, according to reports in the technology blog Techcrunch and financial news outlet CNBC.
Both websites cited anonymous sources who were familiar with the deal and put a purchase price at $US60 million ($A67.43 million).
Facebook spokesman Tucker Bounds said on Tuesday that the company does not comment on rumours and speculation. Titan Aerospace representatives did not respond to requests for comment.
If Facebook does buy Titan Aerospace, the purchase could fit with the goals of CEO Mark Zuckerberg's internet.org project
The Facebook-led partnership aims to connect the more than 5 billion of the world's 7 billion people who are not already online.
Google has a similar project called Loon, which involves a ring of broadband-transmitting balloons circling the globe about 20km up.
