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America's air traffic control network runs on decades-old technology, and the acting FAA director wants to replace the whole system.
The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking contractors to modernize its decades-old computer systems within four years.
A new bill supports air traffic control recruitment and retention efforts and mental health services for controllers. Here's what we know.
Floppy disks have been blighting tons of other industries and agencies. ... Jacob got his hands on a gaming PC for the first time when he was about 12 years old.
Navigation data aboard Boeing 747-436 airliners was updated via 3.5" floppy disks and a vacancy for a Windows 3.11 boffin at Deutsche Bahn appeared on a German job site in 2024.
Here's why America's airlines and aviation groups support the 'big beautiful bill' to fund a modernized air traffic control ...
Any technology we don’t fully comprehend we turn into horror, a truism that reaches back to Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” ...
In 2019, Remedy Entertainment released the mind-bending, Kafka-esque game Control. At the time, I loved the idea of a ...
Several devastating crashes and near-misses have been seen at some of our nation's biggest airports. Now, the Trump ...