All aircraft flying near Ronald Reagan National Airport will now be required to broadcast their positions to air traffic controllersbt, the acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration told a Senate subcommittee on Thursday.

The policy, which took effect on Thursday, was put in place after it was revealed that technology in an Army helicopter that collided with a passenger jet near the airport in January was turned off at the time of the deadly crash.

Known as the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast Out, the technology broadcasts an aircraft’s position, altitude and speed, and it could have allowed air traffic controllers to better track the helicopter’s movements. Military helicopters can turn off the technology during so-called continuity of government missions, which take place during national emergencies and ensure that the whereabouts of top government officials remain untracked.

The policy change was disclosed as the F.A.A. and military officials were pressed by senators to explain how the Army helicopter, which was on a training mission, could have collided with the passenger jet, which was coming in to land on a heavily trafficked route.

“The fact of the matter is, we have to do better,” Chris Rocheleau, the acting F.A.A. administrator, said on Thursday. “We have to identify trends, we have to get smarter on how we use data and when we put corrective actions in place. We must implement them with diligence.”

Mr. Rocheleau said there would be some exemptions to the new policy, though those were not discussed during the hearing. He appeared before the Senate panel with Jennifer Homendy,7jogos the chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board, and Brig. Gen. Matt Braman, the Army’s director of aviation. For about two hours, they answered questions about the ongoing investigation into the January crash, which killed 67 people.

We are having trouble retrieving the article content.

Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.

Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.

Thank you for your patience while we verify access.

The association’s other members are Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, Universal and Warner Bros. The M.P.A. has not added a member since 2019, when Netflix joined. Mr. Rivkin, a former United States ambassador and assistant secretary of state, has since focused recruitment efforts on Amazon.

City leaders, police officials and transit executives have made reducing crime in New York’s subway and buses a top priority. They have flooded the system with officers in a bid to improve safety and combat a perception in some quarters that the subway, especially, is dangerous.

Already a subscriber? Log in.

Want all of The Times? Subscribe.bt