Ever wondered what truly keeps America’s bustling skies safe and organized? You might picture cutting-edge technology, sleek ...

Yes, America's air traffic control network runs on decades-old technology. In some towers, they even still use paper-slip printouts to give updates.

US air traffic control systems are to get an upgrade, finally ending the use of 30-year-old operating system Windows 95, and dispensing with floppy disks and paper strips in the process.

The FAA will no longer use Windows 95 for air traffic control. Floppy disks, another tech relic, will also be canned—something that should have happened a long time ago, one would think.

It will take $31.5 billion to build a brand-new air traffic control system for the country, Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told members of the House Wednesday, the first time ...

Most air traffic control towers and facilities across the US currently operate with technology that seems frozen in the 20th century, although that isn't necessarily a bad thing—when it works.

Your flight’s on-time arrival depends on technology older than TikTok. The Federal Aviation Administration still runs legacy air traffic control systems on Windows 95 computers and floppy disks ...

TL;DR: The FAA still relies on outdated 1990s technology like Windows 95 and floppy disks for air traffic control, causing risks and delays. A major modernization project, costing tens of billions ...

Washington (CNN) — It will take $31.5 billion to build a new air traffic control system for the country, Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told members of the House Wednesday.

Air traffic control does a whole lot more than manage incoming and outgoing flights, not that that alone is simple. There are also handoffs and monitoring flights that pass through the airspace.