Building the entire chain "Spacecraft Carrier" Western Aerospace Technology established in Xi'an High-tech Zone

Originally from: Xi’an High-tech Zone

Text | Zhang Jingpan

On March 30th, Western Aerospace Technology (Shaanxi) Co., Ltd. completed registration in Xi’an High-tech Zone, officially announcing its establishment. As a major enterprise focusing on the entire commercial aerospace industry chain, the company’s registered capital reached 500 million yuan, jointly funded by Triangle Defense, XCeT Testing, Xi’an Ruituo Energy Technology Co., Ltd., and Shaanxi Aerospace Power Research Institute Co., Ltd.

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This move is not only a key step for Shaanxi to create a new high ground in commercial aerospace but also marks a significant breakthrough in Xi’an High-tech Zone’s development of an aerospace industry cluster and high-end development.

Strong Alliance Creates a Full-Chain “Aerospace Carrier”

The newly established Western Aerospace Technology (Shaanxi) Co., Ltd. brings together Shaanxi’s top industry forces and scientific research resources. Among them, Triangle Defense and XCeT Testing are local listed companies in Shaanxi, with deep technical expertise and market advantages in aerospace structural component manufacturing and aerospace testing and verification; Shaanxi Aerospace Power Research Institute, as an integrated new R&D institution combining government, industry, academia, research, application, and finance, is the core scientific research platform in Shaanxi’s aerospace power field. The collaboration among the four parties achieves a deep integration of industrial capital, core technology, and market resources.

The company will focus on the “Star-Arrow Integration” as its core strategy, with business coverage across the entire commercial aerospace industry chain—

Launch Vehicles: R&D, manufacturing, and testing of rocket engines and launch equipment;

Satellite Systems: Design, customization, and mass production of micro-satellites and satellite platforms;

Tracking and Control Applications: On-orbit satellite tracking, data application, and launch coordination services.

According to reports, Western Aerospace Technology aims to build a fully integrated vertical capability from “satellite development—rocket launch—on-orbit tracking and control—data services,” targeting to become a leading domestic and world-class provider of comprehensive commercial aerospace solutions.

High-Quality Soil for Further Upgrading of the High-Tech Aerospace Ecosystem

Shaanxi is nationally recognized as the “Hometown of China’s Aerospace Power,” gathering one-third of the country’s aerospace scientific research and production forces. As a national demonstration zone for hard technology innovation, Xi’an High-tech Zone is the core area for Shaanxi’s aerospace industry development, forming a healthy ecosystem of R&D, manufacturing, application, and service collaboration.

Currently, over 100 commercial aerospace and supporting enterprises such as InnoTech, Lingkong Technology, and Xingyi Space have gathered in Xi’an High-tech Zone, covering all industry chain segments including rocket development, satellite manufacturing, tracking and control services, and data applications. From the landing of leading companies like LinkSpace and GalaxySpace R&D centers to Xingyi Space’s successful support of the “One Rocket, Two Satellites” launch and tracking, “Made in Xi’an High-tech Zone” continues to refresh China’s heights in commercial aerospace.

The establishment of Western Aerospace Technology marks a milestone in Xi’an High-tech Zone’s deep cultivation, chain extension, and chain strengthening in the aerospace industry. Its full industry chain layout will effectively integrate dispersed regional technological and production advantages, fill the gaps in Shaanxi’s total assembly, testing, and system integration in commercial aerospace, and accelerate the shift of Xi’an’s aerospace industry from “parts supporting” to “full satellite and rocket manufacturing,” from “point technology” to “system solutions.”

Empowering the Future to Explore New Blue Oceans in Aerospace Economy

Currently, global commercial aerospace is experiencing explosive growth, becoming a strategic high ground in the technological competition among major powers. Xi’an High-tech Zone always regards the aerospace industry as a core track leading future development, providing a first-class business environment, full-cycle enterprise services, and robust policy support to safeguard the development of aerospace companies.

A relevant person from Western Aerospace Technology stated that choosing to settle in Xi’an High-tech Zone was due to its strong industrial foundation, top talent reserves, complete supporting ecosystem, and efficient government services. In the future, the company will leverage platform integration to accelerate the R&D and mass production of core products like rockets and satellites, striving to achieve the first launch of “Xi’an-made” commercial rockets and satellites soon, contributing high-tech strength to Shaanxi’s goal of building a strong aerospace province and to China’s breakthrough development in commercial aerospace.

Plant a parasol tree, and the phoenix will come. The establishment of Western Aerospace Technology adds a “leader” to Xi’an High-tech Zone’s aerospace industry cluster. In the future, Xi’an High-tech Zone will continue to drive high-quality development with high-quality projects, fully support enterprises to grow bigger and stronger, and accelerate the construction of a world-class aerospace industry cluster characterized by “leading enterprises, complete chains, and prosperous ecosystems,” allowing more “High-tech Star Rockets” to shine across the universe, injecting powerful momentum into building a high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement demonstration zone.