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The FAA is finally ditching floppy disks
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The Federal Aviation Administration is initiating a transition from 3.5-inch floppy disks to a modern digital system. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced this effort to modernize critical infrastructure supporting American airspace management.
- 01U.S. air traffic control systems currently rely on 3.5-inch magnetic floppy disks for operations
- 02Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed a new digital system will replace legacy data storage hardware
- 03Modernization aims to phase out technology artifacts used in critical national airspace segments
- 04The initiative represents a fundamental shift toward digital data management within the FAA
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It's the year 2026 and the Federal Aviation Administration is still running critical pieces of American airspace on 3.5-inch magnetic floppy disks. But those technology artifacts could be headed for the dustbin after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced an effort to ditch floppy disks in favor of a new digital system. Duffy announced Thursday that […]