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US air traffic control still runs on Windows 95 and floppy disks
While the vintage systems may have inadvertently protected air traffic control from widespread outages like the CrowdStrike ...
FAA to eliminate floppy disks used in air traffic control systems - Windows 95 also being phased out
The acting FAA administrator laid out a plan to the House Appropriations Committee to launch a comprehensive upgrade of the ...
"Everyone knows we have to do it." The FAA shockingly still uses Windows 95 and floppy disks for air traffic control, but now that's changing
Recently, the FAA announced a plan to replace its aging Windows 95 and floppy disk-based air traffic control systems with ...
FAA finally replacing floppy disks and Windows 95 in air traffic control systems
"The whole idea is to replace the system. No more floppy disks or paper strips," Rocheleau told the House Appropriations Committee during a hearing on Wednesday ...
US Aviation Authority is Still Using Windows 95 and Floppy Disks
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) still relies on outdated technology, including Windows 95 computers and floppy ...
FAA Kicks Off Urgent Overhaul of Outdated Air Traffic Control Systems
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is initiating a long-anticipated plan to modernize the country’s outdated air ...
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'No more floppy disks': Air traffic control overhaul faces some daunting obstacles
The fragile state of the U.S. air traffic control system was easy to see during the recent outages in Newark. But it will be ...
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'No more floppy disks': Air traffic control overhaul faces some daunting obstacles
and computers running Windows 95. Sponsor Message More than a third of the nation's air traffic control systems are unsustainable, according to an FAA assessment from 2023, and some are starting ...
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Air traffic overhaul obstacles
Many computer and telecom systems date back to the 1980s and '90s, depending on floppy disks and computers running on Windows 95. The Federal Aviation Administration found in 2023 that more than a ...