FAA’s Floppy Disk Era Ends as U.S. Air Traffic Control Enters Long-Delayed Modernization
The Federal Aviation Administration is moving to retire floppy disks from air traffic control systems, a symbolic but telling step in a broader overhaul of U.S. aviation infrastructure. The upgrade underscores how deeply outdated some core federal systems remain, even as the agency faces mounting pressure to modernize a network critical to safety, efficiency and market confidence.
