Posted on 11/13/2026 5:18:43 PM PST by Red Badger
A new AI-supported air traffic system was rolled out to all of FAA’s control centers three days before an extremely rare ground stop halted planes across the US Friday, according to the agency.
The new technology — known as Strategic Management of Airspace or “SMART” — was expanded to 22 air route traffic control centers across the country Tuesday, according to the Washington Times.
The tool merges about 200 “data streams” — focused on flight paths, schedules, weather and other factors — onto a single platform to anticipate airspace constraints and other issues, the outlet reported.
A flight map on Nov. 13 before the ground stop. Flight Radar
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Ping!...................
Pretty sharp cybersecurity guy on Newsmax explained how it’s most likely to be a single point of failure that cascaded throughout the system, Alaska and Hawaii centers remained up - why? Because they don’t use the same land-based IP infrastructure.
Saw this post earlier and that’s the first thing that comes to mind. Probably not, but it’ll be interesting to see what the untrustable media (e.g. - the alphabet clowns) along with the DemocRATz say vs what the tech types say. Right now, I wouldn’t believe either.
I wonder how many Indians with work visas work for the FAA? Maybe 5000?
Flights are disrupted all over the world, not just North America.
It might take days to sort this out...............
1 is 1 too many.....................
I could look it up. I am just not that motivated... lol
“SMART” What a laughable joke. Leave it up to the feds to name something that has no relevance to its purpose.
Not getting much news...
I bet the Chinese did it!
“SMART” What a laughable joke. Leave it up to the feds to name something that has no relevance to its purpose.
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Anything with “smart” in its name is suspect.
Just a weird coincidence, I’m sure.
They should have called it Maxwell. Missed it by that much.
The new stuff worked.
The stone knives and bearskins stuff failed.
Who needs bad actors when we have Congress.
I think just US bound flights were grounded?
OR, maybe everything I learned in my career as an auditor is true - risk can be mitigated, but never totally eliminated.
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