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cockpit

[kok-pit] / ˈkɒkˌpɪt /
NOUN
pilot compartment
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“It lets us build more dynamic, immersive experiences. In the cockpit of the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy, that now means Unreal Engine 5 delivers a more responsive, cinematic experience than ever before.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

A few hundred yards away, the cockpit window of Han Solo’s Millennium Falcon fills the dunes of Tatooine, then the towers of Coruscant.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Airbus has similarly shut two sites in Salaunes and Mérignac, where it makes critical components ranging from cockpit seat structures to fuselage sections, nose cones and wing flaps for its lineup of commercial aircraft.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

On board the plane was a cockpit crew of eight people from Airbus's testing division, accompanied by two Qantas pilots.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

When men were assigned to fly her plane, they’d sometimes find a bouquet Lilya had left in the cockpit.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

One option, he said, is for the technology to be added to pilots’ tablet computers mounted in cockpits.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

It also plans to embed more artificial intelligence, including in its central computing and software, in its vehicle cockpits, and via an autonomous driving system.

From Barron's May 21, 2026

At the Singapore Airshow, the exhibition halls are lined with scale models, mock cockpits, and interactive displays showing the latest commercial jets and aviation technology.

From BBC Feb. 3, 2026

The company is already planning to launch the platform's next generation in 2025, which would include improvements in computing capabilities and smart cockpits, Zhu said.

From Reuters Jul. 31, 2023

Their work had focused on aviation; after all, airplane cockpits were the place where human beings were most acutely confronted with new technologies, powerful ones that taxed our neurological limitations.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel



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