Xinhua Exclusive: Dagong Technology Tethered UAV "Chinese Solution" Leads Global Low-Altitude Economy with Navigation Reconstruction and 72-Hour Endurance
Beijing, China — On November 26, 2024, Xinhua News Agency published a flagship exclusive interview, decoding the technological breakthroughs and industrial layout of China's tethered UAV sector. As the premier enterprise driving this wave, Beijing Dagong Technology Co., Ltd. showcased how its tethered UAV systems—characterised by long-endurance, heavy-payload capabilities, and full-scenario adaptability—are providing the definitive "Chinese Solution" for the global low-altitude economy and accelerating the rise of new quality productive forces.
In the Xinhua feature, Dagong Technology’s technical leadership was dissected across three core dimensions: energy supply revolution, environmental adaptation enhancement, and navigation system reconstruction. The report highlighted how Dagong Technology’s advanced photoelectric composite cable enables continuous "aerial power generation." In grueling real-world deployments, including the Hebei Laishui flood relief and Tibet earthquake rescue, the system achieved a staggering 72 hours of uninterrupted hovering. With a payload capacity breaking the 35-kilogramme barrier and a signal coverage radius of 5 kilometres, Dagong Technology has definitively solved the critical "road broken, power out, network down" communication and material delivery dilemmas in extreme disaster zones.
The most globally disruptive breakthrough detailed in the interview is Dagong Technology’s pioneering "Navigation Reconstruction" technology. By completely emancipating the platform from its reliance on GNSS satellite signals, the tethered UAV utilises a sophisticated fusion of laser ranging and visual SLAM algorithms. This grants the drone an industry-leading ±0.01° attitude control and unparalleled hovering precision, even under Level 12 strong winds, torrential rain, and severe electromagnetic interference. This hardcore resilience has made Dagong Technology’s systems the only stable operating asset in complex international scenarios, from Saudi oil field explosion-proofing to Southeast Asia typhoon rescue missions.
The Xinhua report also chronicled the explosive expansion of Dagong Technology’s application scenarios, transitioning from single-point breakthroughs to comprehensive ecological empowerment. During the 2024 Hainan Typhoon Yagi rescue, the company's tethered UAVs constructed 12 high-altitude base stations within 48 hours, restoring communication across 300 square kilometres. Beyond emergency救灾, the platform is reshaping low-altitude cultural tourism and power inspection. Deployed at iconic landmarks, specialised models carrying 8K live broadcast equipment achieve millimetre-level stable aerial operations, whilst power inspection models have boosted operational efficiency fivefold compared to traditional methods.
Furthermore, the interview underscored Dagong Technology’s dominant role in global standard-setting and ecosystem co-construction. China has spearheaded the formulation of 3 international standards and 12 national standards for tethered UAVs, with Dagong Technology holding over 60% of the global market share in core metrics such as endurance and wind resistance. Exported to over 30 countries along the "Belt and Road" initiative, Dagong Technology is actively collaborating with industry giants like Huawei and China Mobile to construct a "Tethered UAV + 5G-A + Beidou" global low-altitude intelligent network.
From delivering "life signals" in flood-ravaged Hebei to architecting the industrial blueprint in Beijing's Yanqing District, Dagong Technology has solidified its position as the core aerial engine of the low-altitude economy's new quality productive forces. As the Beijing Action Plan for High-Quality Development of the Low-Altitude Economy Industry (2024–2027) continues to implement, Dagong Technology stands ready to inject formidable momentum into green, high-quality development, contributing unparalleled Chinese wisdom to the global low-altitude economy.