America's air traffic control network runs on decades-old technology, and the acting FAA director wants to replace the whole ...

The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking contractors to modernize its decades-old computer systems within four years.

Floppy disks or diskettes emerged around 1970 and, for a good three decades or so, they were the main way many people stored and backed up their computer data. All the software and programmes they ...

It has been revealed recently that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) still uses floppy disks and Windows 95 to run ...

Old floppy disks are also useful for retro PC enthusiasts ... you’re using a dodgy USB hub or have a bad port on an older computer, the drive may not work due to lack of power.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), as reported by NPR, is looking to ditch the ancient technology of floppy disks and ...

It’s a fascinating look into computer culture from before the Internet, even though by 2009 the Internet had well and truly eclipsed it, when disks like these were treasured for the information ...

Air traffic controllers also still use slips of paper containing flight numbers to help track the approximately 45,000 ...

In Japan, there have long been laws and regulations that specify using floppy disks for submitting application data in some ...

If you have ever owned a computer, especially over previous decades, you know that the type of storage used has […] ...