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16 JULY 2025
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China’s Growing Low-Altitude Economy Boosts
Military Readiness
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
China is driving investment and production of dual-use technologies that could enable
greater use and control of low-altitude airspace by expanding the number of businesses and
national-level strategy to integrate civilian and military activities and promote dual-use capability
CHINA ADVANCING LOW-ALTITUDE ECONOMY
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) identies LAE development as a critical economic priority and
believes a mature LAE will improve the speed of individual and commercial travel for distances
less than 200 kilometers, especially in dense urban and remote areas.
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occurring in airspace below 1 kilometer—or below 3 kilometers in some areas—comprising primarily
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for most of its emerging technology and is pursuing methods to increase coordination
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