Surely most of you have already heard about this, but in case some of you haven't:
There's a crodfunding campaign (will launch on March 31st) to create a 5E compatible (as in, D&D 5E rules) version of Traveller:
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/world-s-largest-rpgs/traveller-5e/
Personally I think one of the greatest strengths of Traveller is the system. And even though I'd love to have some coins or dice, it's unlikely I'll take part.
Still, I wish the campaign is successfull and it brings more people into the genre.
Although I think there are some huge landmines in the road to this product, I also think it could bring a lot of people into the Traveller universe, and that could be very positive. Actually I believe that's the main reason they're doing it.