The U.S. just crossed a milestone in modernizing its aging air traffic system — digital towers using 360-degree cameras and displays are now operational in Florida and Alaska. It's part of a sweeping $12.5 billion overhaul aimed at replacing floppy disks and paper strips with 21st-century infrastructure.

At more than 400 sites, the FAA still uses floppy disks in four systems to upload data to aging information displays that controllers consult for weather conditions, airport status, and Notices to...

The U.S. just crossed a milestone in modernizing its aging air traffic system — digital towers using 360-degree cameras and displays are now operational in Florida and Alaska. It's part of a sweeping $12.5 billion overhaul aimed at replacing floppy disks and paper strips with 21st-century infrastructure.

Aviation News – The Federal Aviation Administration has launched the Enterprise Information Display System to replace aging air traffic control equipment and eliminate decades-old technology that once relied on floppy disks. The modernization initiative consolidates critical data currently scattered across four separate systems, some of which date back to the 1980s. Initial installations are already underway at Atlantic City International Airport, Nashville International Airport, and Greater Rochester International Airport, alongside major data processing hubs in Atlanta and Salt Lake City.

Aviation News – A severe global shortage of air traffic controllers is forcing nations worldwide into aggressive cross-border recruitment, exposing deep staffing gaps that heighten risks to air safety and cause widespread travel disruption. ​Countries spanning from Australia to Canada and South Africa now find themselves locked in intense international competition for experienced personnel. Nations routinely recruit talent from abroad to fill critical local vacancies, even as their own domestic professionals get poached by higher-paying foreign competitors.