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FAA replacing outdated floppy disks with new air traffic control technology

Headline from WISH-TV Indianapolis

WASHINGTON–The Federal Aviation Administration is replacing outdated technology that relies on floppy disks with a modern system designed to give air traffic controllers faster access to critical information. U.S.

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  1. Engadget

    The FAA is finally phasing out floppy disks from air traffic control (opens Engadget)

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    Engadget's feed description

    Seems about time for an upgrade.

  2. Gizmodo

    FAA Plans to Retire Floppy Disks by 2028 (opens Gizmodo)

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    Gizmodo's feed description

    The agency announced plans to replace decades-old technology at more than 400 air traffic control facilities in the country.

  3. Bismarck Tribune

    FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traffic control by 2028 (opens Bismarck Tribune)

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    Bismarck Tribune's feed description

    Floppy disks largely stopped being used more than 25 years ago and have not been produced in large numbers since 2011.

  4. WHEC Rochester

    FAA to add new digital air traffic control system at Rochester airport, replacing floppy disks (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    The Federal Aviation Administration is replacing old floppy disks in air traffic control systems with new digital technology.

  5. WISH-TV Indianapolis

    FAA replacing outdated floppy disks with new air traffic control technology (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)

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    WISH-TV Indianapolis's feed description

    WASHINGTON–The Federal Aviation Administration is replacing outdated technology that relies on floppy disks with a modern system designed to give air traffic controllers faster access to critical information. U.S.

  6. The Register

    US air traffic control enters the 21st century, starts to abandon floppy disks (opens The Register)

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    The Register's feed description

    The FAA will need to come up with more money to finish the wider overhaul, though

  7. The Boston Globe

    FAA to phase out floppy disks from airport control towers (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    The FAA has been using systems for air traffic controllers, including floppy disks, that date to the 1980s.

  8. Jalopnik

    FAA Finally Ditching Floppy Disks From Air Traffic Control (opens Jalopnik)

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    Jalopnik's feed description

    Over 400 locations are set to get the upgrade from the FAA's old system to a new, digitized system, but the cost keeps rising.

  9. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    FAA says it will phase out floppy disks by 2028 (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    WASHINGTON — The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday it will replace the outdated floppy disks used for weather and other critical information at more than 400 air traffic control facilities across the country by the end of 2028.

  10. Not The Bee

    FAA says air traffic control will phase out floppy disks in the next two years (opens Not The Bee)

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    Not The Bee's feed description

    All things must come to an end.

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