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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.
On Wednesday, acting FAA administrator Chris Rocheleau told the House Appropriations Committee that the Federal Aviation Administration plans to replace its aging air traffic control systems, which ...
A new bill supports air traffic control recruitment and retention efforts and mental health services for controllers. Here's what we know.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), as reported by NPR, is looking to ditch the ancient technology of floppy disks and bring its tech practices more in line with the modern age.
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 ...
U.S. Rep Greg Stanton, D-Arizona, introduced a bill that would increase air-traffic control hiring and keep more controllers on the job. Here's how.