For more than 30 years, the VxWorks® real-time operating system (RTOS) has been chosen by global industry leaders as the trusted foundation to power billions of safety-critical intelligent devices, machines, and systems.
From literally out-of-this-world projects such as the InSight Mars lander, now operating on the Red Planet, to medical infusion pumps and imaging systems, manufacturing robots, and other embedded devices in the Internet of Things (IoT), VxWorks is repeatedly selected as the RTOS for innovative solutions that deliver secure, safe, and reliable applications across a wide array of industries, including aerospace, automotive, defense, industrial, medical, and transportation.

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