NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy has urged the Federal Aviation Administration to improve safety measures, pointing to ignored warnings.

The board focused on air traffic control and heard it was common for pilots to ask to use visual separation — relying on eyesight — just as the Army Black Hawk’s pilot agreed to do the night of the crash.

The U.S. Army on Thursday said it was consolidating dozens of contracts into a single enterprise deal with Palantir , giving it volume-based discounts and the option to purchase up to $10 billion from the software provider over 10 years.

The software company’s enterprise contract over the next decade cements its central role in warfighting for years to come.

Denver-based software firm Palantir Technologies secured a 10-year, $10 billion contract to improve the U.S. Army's military readiness and efficiency.