TapTechNews July 13th, according to foreign media Tom'sHardware, the German Navy is still using 8-inch floppy disks in many military units and is currently working to modernize these devices and reduce reliance on outdated technologies.
Taking the Brandenburg-class F123 frigates as an example, the series of frigates have been in service from October 1994 to December 1996 and mainly use floppy disks for on-board data acquisition (DAQ). Currently, the German Navy plans to develop a simulation program (a floppy disk alternative based on storage simulation) to replace the physical floppy disks, because the German Navy believes that 'the previously established stable system does not require too much modification'.
TapTechNews learned that the order to develop a floppy disk simulation program for the German Navy's F123 frigate system has currently been taken over by Saab company, and the relevant project is expected to start on October 1, 2025 and end on July 31. And the F123 frigate will continue to serve until 2028 - 2031 until the new type of frigate F126 is available.
Referring to previous reports, many government agencies/military departments/financial companies give up old equipment/storage media at a much slower pace. Referring to previous reports, Japan did not officially stop using floppy disks in government systems until last month, and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency plans to replace the 5¼-inch floppy disks used in the San Francisco MuniMetro railway system in 2030, and there are still a large number of financial companies currently using IBM's mainframes, and the relevant equipment needs to use the 'ancient' COBOL language to drive.