The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Thursday it will install its Enterprise Information Display System (E-IDS) at 435 air traffic control facilities by the end of 2028, replacing outdated technology, including floppy disks used to store and distribute weather and other critical information, according to the agency. [1][2].
The upgrade will replace four legacy systems dating to the 1980s, the FAA said [3][4].
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