Round up of 3 top headlines of the week. Alta Devices | Record setting solar technology powering small drones for day-long endurance. Heathrow | Suspected drone hits plane incident NASA partners with Silver Falcon UAS Technologies to build UTM for drone traffic management http://www.suasnews.com/2016/04/silent-falcon-uas-technologies-partners-nasa-uas-traffic-management-program/ http://www.suasnews.com/2016/04/heathrow-plane-strike-not-drone/ http://www.suasnews.com/2016/04/alta-devices-achieve-31-6-solar-efficiency-record-changing-fundamental-economics-uas/ Background music by Dave Biggin https://soundcloud.com/way-beyond Stay informed and learn how to earn in the Business of Drones. Don't miss out on any of our latest videos, subscribe https://goo.gl/PMFYQb Other places you can find us: www.suasnews.com www.facebook.com/suasnews www.twitter.com/suasnews www.suasnews.com/suasguide ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WafZ2FA2oX4

The PHASA-35 high altitude, long endurance, unmanned aerial vehicle (HALE UAV), successfully completed its first flight in February, less than two years from initial design. The UAV has the potential to maintain flight for up to a year at a time, in the stratosphere, providing military and commercial customers with capabilities not currently available from existing air and space programmes. PHASA-35 has a wide range of potential applications such as the delivery of communications networks, including 5G, as well as support to disaster relief and border protection. Its payload capacity can be adapted to meet the needs of the user to carry sensors such as cameras, thermal imaging and communications equipment. The aircraft’s long-life battery and highly efficient solar technology allow PHASA-35 to potentially maintain flight for up to a year operating in the stratosphere, the upper regions of the Earth’s atmosphere and will plug the gap between aircraft and satellite technology. ***************** If you would like to support Drone & Sundry for free and browse the internet without being tracked by ads and data trackers, download and use Brave browser: https://brave.com/dro980 ***************** SUBSCRIBE TO OUR WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP EMAIL http://eepurl.com/dxkHcv Stay informed on the Business of Drones Don't miss out on any of our latest videos, subscribe to our channel https://goo.gl/PMFYQb Other places you can find us: https://www.instagram.com/droneandsundry/ https://www.suasnews.com https://www.facebook.com/suasnews https://www.twitter.com/suasnews ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C25oOIPRc8

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Douglas Marshall, President, TrueNorth Consulting, LLC, an aviation consulting organization specializing in regulations, standards and legal issues relating to the integration of unmanned and remotely piloted aircraft into civil airspace. Adjunct Professor of Law, De Paul University College of Law, delivering a new course on Unmanned Aviation Systems Law in the fall of 2016. Previously served as Division Manager, UAS Regulations & Standards Development at the Physical Science Laboratory, New Mexico State University, and prior to that held an appointment as Professor of Aeronautics at the University of North Dakota. He has been engaged full time on UAS related activities for over 11 years, is the co-editor of two books related to aviation, co-author of “Introduction to Unmanned Aircraft Systems” (1st and 2nd Editions) and is the author of numerous published articles on aviation law, regulations and remotely piloted aircraft. He has served on RTCA SC-203, ASTM F-38 and SAE G-10 Committees, the AUVSI Advocacy Committee, the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program UAS Expert Group, the Small UAS Aviation Rulemaking Committee and the current Micro UAS Aviation Rulemaking Committee. He has also served on the Steering Committee, Civil Applications of Unmanned Aerial Systems Conference, Boulder, CO. and several other committees dedicated to the development of UA systems and has delivered presentations on international aviation regulations and airspace issues at conferences around the world. Professor Marshall received a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of California, Santa Barbara and a Juris Doctor from the University of California’s Hastings College of the Law. He also holds a commercial pilot’s certificate, has co-owned two GA aircraft and operates a registered unmanned aircraft just for fun. Stay informed and learn how to earn in the Business of Drones. Don't miss out on any of our latest videos, subscribe https://goo.gl/PMFYQb Other places you can find us: www.suasnews.com www.facebook.com/suasnews www.twitter.com/suasnews www.suasnews.com/suasguide ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyzEE-PJXh0