{"id":51843,"date":"2025-04-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/04\/09\/army-adjusts-tracker-policy-following-fatal-dc-black-hawk-collision\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:23:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:23:15","slug":"army-adjusts-tracker-policy-following-fatal-dc-black-hawk-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2025\/04\/09\/army-adjusts-tracker-policy-following-fatal-dc-black-hawk-collision\/","title":{"rendered":"Army adjusts tracker policy following fatal DC Black Hawk collision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army has made changes to how its helicopters use a safety system that broadcasts aircraft location and has reduced the number of flights over Washington <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2025\/01\/30\/top-army-aviators-were-on-routine-flight-when-helo-collided-with-jet\/\" target=\"_blank\">following a collision<\/a> with a passenger jet that killed 67 people, the head of Army aviation told The Associated Press on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Investigators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2025\/02\/14\/black-hawk-crew-in-dc-crash-may-have-missed-key-air-traffic-messages\/\" target=\"_blank\">are still determining<\/a> why the Army helicopter and the American Airlines jet collided near Ronald Reagan National Airport <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/air\/2025\/03\/11\/safety-board-calls-to-end-helo-flights-on-route-of-fatal-dc-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\">on Jan. 29<\/a>, but the Federal Aviation Administration has data showing an alarming number of close calls around the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The safety system, called ADSB, short for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, has become a flashpoint as some have pointed to the likely lack of use by the Black Hawk helicopter that night as a potential cause of the crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2025\/03\/14\/dc-helicopter-route-permanently-closed-after-fatal-black-hawk-crash\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP25070749796153.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">DC helicopter route permanently closed after fatal Black Hawk crash<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The move follows federal investigators&#039;s call for a ban on helo flights on the route, citing a string of near misses in recent years.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ADSB-out part of the system is designed to help air traffic controllers and nearby planes better track an aircraft\u2019s location with position updates every second. But it can also allow anyone \u2014 including a plane enthusiast on the ground \u2014 know precisely where a helicopter or airplane is located. Army helicopters in the past have turned off the system for many missions because they were deemed sensitive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army\u2019s head of aviation, Brig. Gen. Matthew Braman, said there now will be fewer flights with the ADSB-out data turned off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And also fewer VIP flights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the months since the crash, the Army has halted the vast majority of flights it was conducting for general officers ranked three stars and above, to ferry them from the Pentagon\u2019s helipad to regional locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has only resumed limited flights for the defense secretary, deputy defense secretary and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, while a limited number of other senior military leaders can fly from Virginia\u2019s Fort Belvoir, Braman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army\u2019s 12th Battalion is one of 28 agencies that used the low-altitude helicopter routes around Ronald Reagan National Airport. That includes the Department of Defense, individual military services, local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, emergency medical services, the National Guard, Coast Guard and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Changes to ADSB-out policy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before the collision, the Army was exempt from broadcasting ADSB-out data during sensitive missions, according to an August 2024 memo obtained by the AP. Those missions could include ferrying a senior leader or training for an emergency where transmitting a landing location could expose sensitive tactical information on reaction plans. The Army still has that exemption, but is making changes to how it flies so the exemption won\u2019t be used as often, Braman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In past training and evaluation flights \u2014 such as on the night of the crash \u2014 crews combined normal flight routes with practice landings at sensitive locations. That meant they had to fly with ADSB-out switched off for the whole flight, according to the memo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now crews are separating normal training and evaluation flights from flights that rehearse the classified continuity of government mission, Braman said. That reduces the number of flights where ADSB-out data will be turned off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf they are not going to one of those sensitive locations it should 100% be on,\u201d Braman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s assumed the three Army crew who were killed in the crash were flying with ADSB-out turned off, but crash investigators have not concluded that yet, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The other part of the system, ADSB-in, pulls in location data from nearby planes and helicopters. Few Army aircraft had ADSB-in, due to the cost, and were not required to have it. The Army has now authorized the purchase of 1,600 ADSB-in systems for its helicopter fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Army says the helicopter\u2019s location was still known<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even if ADSB-out was off, the Black Hawk\u2019s transponder was in use and transmitting its position, Braman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The FAA says ADSB-out data is more precise than the radar data communicated by a transponder, which, depending on the mode in use, can shield some aircraft information. The night of the crash, the Black Hawk was transmitting in three transponder modes \u2014 A, C and S \u2014 which combined gave the helicopter\u2019s identity, location and altitude. \u201cThere was no question where that aircraft was,\u201d Braman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was \u201cno point\u201d during the flight where the jet and the airport control tower could not see the Black Hawk, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think there\u2019s still a perception out there \u2014 I know there is \u2014 that the aircraft with ADBS-out in that segment around DCA were invisible. 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