FAA Begins Retiring Decades Old Floppy Disks from Air Traffic Control

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The FAA is retiring outdated floppy disks used in air traffic control, as part of a modernization effort led by U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy. The new system will replace these disks with a more efficient 21st-century technology to manage vital weather and critical information.

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