Shocking: FAA Still Using ’80s Paper Strips To Control the Skies—And It Won’t Change Until 2030s

Sep 08 2024

Meanwhile, all of Nav Canada facilities went electronic 15 years ago (and all control towers and TRACONs even earlier). Their solution is used in Australia, Italy, the U.K. and Dubai. We could license the Canadian solution, or other commercial ones, but instead the FAA has been working contracting for their own solution since three years before the Beastie Boys were fighting for your right to party.

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