It's almost 2027, and the FAA is finally replacing the floppy disks used by US air traffic control
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Better late than never It's almost 2027, and the US Federal Aviation Administration has just announced it will replace the floppy disks still used by many US air traffic control systems. The upgrade won't be complete until the end of 2028, almost 20 years after most floppy disk manufacturing ended.
At more than 400 sites, the FAA still uses floppy disks in four systems to upload data to aging information displays that controllers consult for weather conditions, airport status, and Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs).
One of these is the Information Display System 4, or IDS-4, which was deployed in the early 1990s and runs on a Microsoft platform that is no longer supported. These systems provide operational information controllers need to manage traffic.
Many US air traffic control facilities still rely on legacy...
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