German Navy appears to be like to switch its outdated floppy disk system for its frigate fleet

The German Navy is in want of a severe improve for its fleet of submarine frigates and we’re not speaking a few digital add or some form of software program patch. The nation’s fleets of submarine frigates have operated on old school, 8-inch floppy disks since they have been commissioned again within the Nineties.

Now the German Navy is looking for a solution to exchange the outdated disk system which are “very important to the operating of its Brandenburg class F123 frigates,” in response to Tom’s Hardware.

Changing the floppy disk system gained’t be a straightforward activity. These disks just about management all the pieces on the ships from airflow methods to energy technology. Does the German Navy nonetheless use Palm Pilots to prepare its codewords and Tamagotchi to coach its recruits in marine wildlife preservation?

Saab has been in control of upkeep for Germany’s F123 frigate fleet since 2021, in response to a press launch. The frigates are designed to hunt for submarines so that they’re additionally getting upgrades for its weapons and weapon management methods. Hopefully, they’ll additionally throw in a kind of cool, luxurious evening panel dashboards without spending a dime.

Loads of authorities establishments and applications have been on the floppy disk system for many years and lengthy after the outdated pc storage system has fallen out of common use. Japan’s Digital Agency introduced at the start of the month that it eradicated using floppy disks in its authorities methods. Does that imply that someplace on the earth, a core authorities company remains to be utilizing these Commodore cassette tapes to retailer its most important knowledge? Let’s hope these disks aren’t tied to nuclear weapons entry… like they were in the US.