The FAA is finally ditching floppy disks

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The FAA is finally ditching floppy disks
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美国联邦航空管理局(FAA)仍在用3.5英寸软盘运行部分关键空域系统。交通部长肖恩·达菲宣布,FAA将推出企业信息显示系统(E-IDS),取代400多个空中交通管制设施中的四套旧系统。E-IDS将实时天气警报、设备故障、受限空域变更和飞行员报告整合到现代数字平台上。

The air traffic control tower is seen San Diego International Airport on May 27th in San Diego, California. | Photo by Kevin Carter / Getty Images

It's the year 2026 and the Federal Aviation Administration is still running critical pieces of American airspace on 3.5-inch magnetic floppy disks.

But those technology artifacts could be headed for the dustbin after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced an effort to ditch floppy disks in favor of a new digital system.

Duffy announced Thursday that the FAA is rolling out the Enterprise - Information Display System (E-IDS) to replace four legacy setups across more than 400 air traffic control facilities. E-IDS aggregates real-time weather alerts, equipment outages, restricted airspace changes, and pilot reports onto a modern digit …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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原文: The FAA is finally ditching floppy disks (2026-11-05T17:13:42)
作者: Andrew J. Hawkins 分类: 科技
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