An Ars Technica article covers the FAA's 5 November 2026 announcement that it will stop using floppy disks in air traffic control, replacing display systems dating to the 1980s with the Enterprise Information Display System, an upgrade six years in the works and planned for all 435 facilities by the end of 2028. The FAA calls the change a historic modernization that will speed weather alerts and Notices to Airmen to controllers, while Secretary Sean Duffy says "floppy disks are out, 21st century tech is in."