The Senate Wednesday approved a defense authorization bill with an aviation provision critics say would endanger public safety nearly one year after a mid-air collision near Washington, DC.
The chamber subsequently passed a separate bill that would address lawmakers’ concerns about the provision, though that measure’s fate is uncertain in the House.
Sixty-seven people died in January after an Army helicopter, which wasn’t using technology called Advanced Dependence Surveillance Broadcast, collided with an American Airlines passenger jet. The Department of Defense subsequently agreed to increase use of the safety tool.
The provision in the defense bill would require more safety ...