I. eVTOL / New Energy Aircraft OEMs Lanyi Aviation: A native enterprise of Hefei. Its passenger eVTOL LE200 and cargo eVTOL LEU100 have secured hundreds to thousands of letters of intent. The airworthiness application for the LE200 has been accepted. Zero Gravity Aircraft Industry: Grown locally in Hefei, it is one of the few domestic new energy manned aircraft manufacturers to simultaneously deploy eVTOL (ZG-ONE, ZG-T6) and eCTOL (RX1E-A certified, RX1E-S seaplane). Its Series B round of nearly 500 million RMB was led by Hefei state-owned capital. Shangfei Aviation: A leading domestic enterprise in heavy-lift cargo eVTOL, with a payload capacity of 300 to 500 kg. EHang Intelligent (East China Headquarters): Established its presence in Hefei in 2023. The EH216-S is the world's first unmanned passenger eVTOL to be fully certified with all three core airworthiness certificates. AutoFlight (East China Headquarters): Signed an agreement for its East China regional headquarters in 2025. The V2000CG Caris, a ton-class cargo eVTOL holding all three core airworthiness certificates, completed the first cross-city cargo flight between Hefei and Huaining. Dashu Aviation: QT series semi-tiltrotor eVTOLs, aerial go-karts and "Air-Ground Boat" emergency rescue systems. Mengshi Aviation: Intelligent flying motorcycles / flying cars. Its Tsinghua University R&D team has settled in Shushan District.
II. Large Fixed-Wing / Special-Purpose UAV OEMs Tengden Sci-Tech (Hefei Feidong Global Operation Headquarters + Hefei Xingtu Linghang UAV): In September 2025, signed a 1.5 billion RMB investment agreement with Feidong to build a global operation headquarters and manufacturing base (Phase I covering 300 mu). Its holding subsidiary Hefei Xingtu Linghang UAV (established in October 2025 in Feidong) completed its angel round in July 2026 (with participation from Hefei Industrial Investment / Construction Investment). The parent company's products include the Twin-Scorpion A/B, D18 four-engine 4.35-ton class unmanned transport aircraft, Hunjianglong amphibious aircraft, and Meiyujian high-altitude unmanned helicopter, covering logistics, emergency response, patrol, and meteorology.
III. Commercial Operations and Urban Low-Altitude Logistics Antwork (National Operation Headquarters): A leader in urban UAV logistics. Its functions serve as the national operation monitoring center and a hub for low-altitude application scenario verification and incubation. It supervises the UAV logistics network across more than 60 cities nationwide. In Hefei, local routes for blood transport, food delivery, and postal services have been launched. Hefei Heyi Aviation: A joint venture between EHang and Hefei state-owned capital. In 2025, it obtained the world's first Operation Certificate (OC) for manned civil unmanned aircraft. AutoFlight × Hefei State-Owned Capital Scenario Cooperation: Demonstrations in cross-city cargo transport, emergency firefighting, and low-altitude sightseeing.
IV. Key Component Suppliers Xihe Aero: A national-level Specialized, Refined, Differential and Innovative "Little Giant" enterprise. It produces a full spectrum of propellers (fixed-pitch / electric constant-speed variable-pitch / hydraulic variable-pitch) and composite structural parts. It possesses the only full-spectrum capability among private enterprises and the second in the entire industry. Junlink Electronics: A supplier of motor controllers for leading eVTOL enterprises such as Volant Aerotech and GAC Gaoyu Aviation. Mwee Battery Technology / Gotion High-Tech / Inxtech (Xinjie Energy): High-specific-energy aviation batteries and solid-state batteries. Zixingzhe Technology (R&D Center): A leading enterprise in the field of silicon photonic gyroscopes. JAC Motors: Jointly established a low-altitude aircraft factory with EHang and Guoxian Holdings. Sun Create Electronics, CETC Bowei Technology: Low-altitude safety supporting systems including radar surveillance, air traffic control communication, and micro-meteorology.
V. Low-Altitude Digital and Intelligent Infrastructure and Air Traffic Management Platforms GEOVIS Technology: Low-altitude online service platform (supporting million-level UAV access and ten-thousand-level route planning) and the GEOVIS iFlight intelligent aviation platform, empowering low-altitude surveillance and control with aerospace information. CRSC Low-Altitude, Anhui Kong'an Information: Key enterprises in the direction of low-altitude converged intelligent IoT, flight service centers, and digital-intelligent management. International Center for Advanced Technology Application Promotion (Hefei): The municipal "chief steward" for low-altitude operations, taking the lead in the Luogang full-space unmanned system, the low-altitude joint flight service center, and the hub port.