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FAA just pushed their AI expansion yesterday

Posted on 11/13/26 at 4:49 pm
Posted by UltimaParadox
North Carolina
Member since Nov 2008
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Posted on 11/13/26 at 4:49 pm
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The US government has expanded the use of an AI tool for advising air traffic controllers to assist in managing air traffic across the entire national airspace system. Airline executives have voiced support for the rollout, but the US labor union representing air traffic controllers has said it was not involved in designing or testing the AI-driven system.


Ars tech Link
Posted by mattz1122
Member since Oct 2007
57416 posts
Posted on 11/13/26 at 4:50 pm to
Thanks Jensen
Posted by Marlboro Smooth
Member since Dec 2025
334 posts
Posted on 11/13/26 at 4:50 pm to
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executives have voiced support


And there it is
Posted by TDsngumbo
Member since Oct 2011
52915 posts
Posted on 11/13/26 at 4:51 pm to
I really wish the FAA would not implement AI into anything regarding air traffic control.
Posted by HempHead
Big Sky Country
Member since Mar 2011
56853 posts
Posted on 11/13/26 at 4:52 pm to
I could believe either AI deployment frickup or counter-deployment attack. Odd world we live in, baws.
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
151516 posts
Posted on 11/13/26 at 4:52 pm to
SI
Posted by Everyday Is Saturday
Member since Dec 2025
2980 posts
Posted on 11/13/26 at 4:53 pm to
Guess that last floppy disk was the most important one.
Posted by tigerfan88
Member since Jan 2008
9818 posts
Posted on 11/13/26 at 5:03 pm to
So the federal government fricked up an unnecessary AI install and brought down the country’s entire flight infrastructure. Well done fellas.
Posted by Naked Bootleg
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Member since Jul 2021
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Posted on 11/13/26 at 5:08 pm to
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So the federal government fricked up an unnecessary AI install and brought down the country’s entire flight infrastructure. Well done fellas.


I've known a lot of people who work at or have worked at the FAA in OKC. This wouldn't surprise me one bit.
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
105418 posts
Posted on 11/13/26 at 5:21 pm to
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Guess that last floppy disk was the most important one.


This is one of those “if it’s not broken don’t fix it” things
Posted by SundayFunday
Member since Sep 2011
10746 posts
Posted on 11/13/26 at 5:22 pm to
Cant we please not jump to implementing it at the fricking FAA first?!


How about a trial run controlling the traffic lights in the houston metro or something?
Posted by PsychTiger
Member since Jul 2004
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Posted on 11/13/26 at 5:26 pm to
Posted by sammy762
Member since Apr 2016
583 posts
Posted on 11/13/26 at 5:28 pm to
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How about a trial run controlling the traffic lights in the houston metro or something?



Could be more catostophic
Posted by UltimaParadox
North Carolina
Member since Nov 2008
55135 posts
Posted on 11/13/26 at 5:55 pm to
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Continuous Telemetry Aggregation.

Expanding SMART from a limited regional test to all 22 control centers required pulling roughly 200 to 250 continuous data streams—covering radar tracks, weather feeds, airline schedules, and staffing metrics—across the entire national airspace


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Aging Infrastructure Strain.

Infrastructure engineers and aviation observers have pointed out that hooking high-volume data pipelines into decades-old FAA telecommunications hardware can create bottlenecks. The FAA has been working to replace miles of aging copper wiring and legacy radio systems with fiber-optic lines under a $12.5 billion modernization effort, with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy noting that another $30 billion is still needed to finish the overhaul. [1, 2]


Rarely cocidences occur like this. Probably rolling back changes now
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