Earlier this month, we reported that the Japanese government has finally phased out the use of floppy disks in their services, specifically for storing important data. Recently, it seems that the German government will also start upgrading their warships where some of them still use floppy disks for ship operations.
Brandenburg F123 class warships are commonly used to search for submarines in European waters, and what is interesting about this ship is that it has been used for that purpose since the 90s when these ships were built.
What is interesting about these ships is that the shipping process still uses 8-inch floppy disks, which means that they use floppy disks developed in the 1960s, and not the small size floppy disks that can still be seen today.
The issue with replacing this floppy disk system is more difficult than expected because this system is used for many aspects of these warships, such as the ship's control, air flow system and power supply system of these ships.
The modernization process of these ships will be carried out by Saab, a leading aerospace company from Sweden that is also known in the automotive industry. This project has started since 2021, but only now it can be seen that Saab has started to replace this floppy disk system with a more modern one.
It is expected that this modernization process will take until 2030 to complete, as written in a statement released by Saab.