US EditionPentagon raises concerns about ROTOR Act implementing DC crash reforms
The ROTOR Act aims to enhance pilot collision alerts using ADS-B technology but faces Pentagon opposition over budget and security risks, despite Senate backing and victim family support.
- On Tuesday, the U.S. House will vote on the ROTOR Act to require aircraft with ADS‑B Out to receive signals in the cockpit, moving the bipartisan safety bill to a floor decision.
- With Senate backing in December 2025, the NTSB warned that see‑and‑avoid limits pose safety risks, and victims' families urged immediate action after the DCA crash.
- Rep. Sam Graves, House Transportation Chair, and Rep. Mike Rogers, Armed Services Chair, oppose the ROTOR Act and propose the ALERT Act, which covers all 50 NTSB safety recommendations.
- Citing budgetary and security concerns, the Pentagon reversed support Monday night, citing unresolved burdens and risks affecting national defense activities, and noting the exemption limits would have applied to the military helicopter in the January 2025 collision.
- NTSB warnings intensified when Chair Jennifer Homendy said, `What we're talking about here is life-saving information for pilots... What happened at DCA could happen anywhere in our airspace`, while families of the DCA victims urged lawmakers on Friday to act immediately.
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Pentagon raises concerns over US Senate aviation safety bill
The Pentagon raised significant concerns about an aviation safety bill set to be taken up on Monday by the U.S. House of Representatives meant to address safety issues that arose from a 2025 aircraft collision over Washington airspace that killed 67 people in the worst U.S. aviation disaster since 2001.
Pentagon changes tune on ROTOR Act as House takes up legislation
Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the current legislation does not include certain provisions the War Department shared with the Senate, but that the department still supports “the intent and objectives of the legislation.”
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