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US FAA to phase out floppy disks from air traffic control by 2028
Original: US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traffic control by 2028
The US Federal Aviation Administration has announced it will retire floppy disks from its air traffic control systems by 2028. The decades-old storage technology has long been a symbol of the agency's ageing infrastructure, and the announcement has drawn attention to how critical US aviation systems still rely on obsolete hardware. Reactions online mix amusement at the delay with debate over the cost and difficulty of modernising government technology.
Why now: Surprise and discussion over how long critical air traffic infrastructure relied on floppy disks, prompting attention to government IT modernisation.
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