On one hand it seems inefficient and perhaps dangerous to be reliant on such old systems. On the other hand, the idea of a new software project to replace it a

On one hand it seems inefficient and perhaps dangerous to be reliant on such old systems. On the other hand, the idea of a new software project to replace it also sounds at risk of being extremely expensive and overly complicated. Because of all the government contracting anti-patterns. In theory there's a middle ground that avoids both these extremes. In reality, with government software... I'm skeptical it will happen.