One of its more glamorous uses as an embedded operating system is to power the in-flight entertainment systems on some Virgin and Qantas long-haul jets.

更妙的是，它还被用于维京航空和澳洲航空长途航班的空中娱乐系统。

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Rockwell Collins Supplying the communication, navigation and surveillance systems on the C919, as well as the in-flight entertainment system and cabin core system.

罗克韦尔柯林斯公司提供通信，导航和监视系统，还有机上娱乐系统和客舱核心系统。

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The airlines' cry for help comes on the heels of US Airways Group's announcement that it will remove in-flight entertainment systems on domestic flights starting in November.

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American Airlines has already started rolling wireless video out to some planes, and Delta last week said it, too, would offer in-flight streaming on all two-class U.S. flights by the end of 2013 including the roughly 350 planes in the U.S. that don't currently have individualized in-flight entertainment systems.

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The silliness of temporary security rules issued right after the bombing attack shows the need for better leadership at TSA. The agency has backed off steps like banning magazines, books and blankets from passengers for the last hour of flight or turning off in-flight entertainment systems and not letting pilots announce the plane's location.

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