The FAA is finally ditching floppy disks

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants credit for dragging America’s air traffic control out of the 1980s, but retiring 3.5-inch floppies won’t fix a broken system running on overworked controllers and private-sector hype.

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.