Herbert's interest is in machines from the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, and he has encountered a lot of software stored on punched ...

Recently, the FAA announced a plan to replace its aging Windows 95 and floppy disk-based air traffic control systems with ...

Not to worry nervous flyers, FAA vows to banish archaic systems... in a few years The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ...

While the vintage systems may have inadvertently protected air traffic control from widespread outages like the CrowdStrike ...

Parts of the U.S. air traffic control system still rely on floppy disks and computers running Windows 95. The Trump administration is pushing for an overhaul, but it won't be easy or cheap.

"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 ...

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 ...

Mac software used to be distributed on 3.5-inch floppy disks. Now, using the MacDisk utility, you can read them on modern ...

Legacy aircraft like the Boeing 747-400 still rely on floppy disks to update critical navigation data, due to costly and complex certification requirements for ...

A leading lawmaker from the nation’s most interconnected air travel state warned that outdated technology – like "floppy disks" – and ongoing air traffic control (ATC) crises at key hubs are ...

What do floppy disks and the cancellation or delay of over a hundred flights at the Newark airport have in common? Well, in an age where we are talking about quantum computing and light-based data ...