IT Home reported on October 21 that Shandong High-speed Urban and Rural Development Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Shandong High-speed Development Group), a subsidiary of Shandong High-speed Urban and Rural Development Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Urban and Rural Development Group), issued an announcement on the solicitation of products and technical cooperation units on October 20, soliciting enterprises and institutions with R&D, production, sales and control capabilities across the country to cooperate in building a "low-altitude sky network".
It is reported that the solicitation involves no less than 2,000 trunk aircraft models and no less than 20,000 regional aircraft.
According to the announcement, in order to accelerate the development of low-altitude economy in Shandong Province, implement the major strategic deployment of Shandong High-speed Group's low-altitude development, rely on the existing infrastructure, and build a provincial "low-altitude sky network", the Urban and Rural Development Group intends to rely on the 7059-kilometer expressway network, supporting service areas, toll stations and urban office buildings and industrial parks operated and managed by Shandong High-speed Group in Shandong Province, improve the construction of low-altitude economic infrastructure and support facilities, and build "trunk lines" between cities and "branch lines" between towns and towns. Gradually form a smart low-altitude transportation system that comprehensively covers provinces, counties (cities), townships (towns) and communities, form a "low-altitude sky network", provide social sharing and guarantee operation needs, and serve the urban and rural economic development of Shandong Province.
It is reported that the direction of this partner solicitation is mainly divided into two categories:
First, it is a low-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle development, production and supply unit that can meet the needs of the construction of "low-altitude sky network";
The second is the R&D and operation unit of the unmanned flight service support system that can meet the operational needs of the "low-altitude sky network".
The solicitation announcement also discloses the basic requirements and required quantities of the relevant aircraft:
The mainline aircraft are electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) and multi-rotor aircraft (hybrid or hydrogen), with an estimated demand of no less than 2,000 aircraft, which are used in low-altitude routes connecting provinces and intercities, requiring a long endurance time and a large load capacity;
The regional aircraft models are electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) and multi-rotor aircraft (hybrid or hydrogen), with an estimated demand of no less than 20,000 aircraft, mainly to meet the needs of inter-urban, public places, inter-community low-altitude routes and other operations.
IT Home noted that the announcement of this solicitation also mentioned the technical parameter requirements for two types of aircraft. Taking mainline aircraft as an example, the requirements are:
payload of not less than 50 kg and detachable cargo compartment;
The range is not less than 80 kilometers and supports relay flights;
The cruising flight speed is not less than 100 kilometers per hour, and the maximum wind speed is not more than 15 meters per second;
Support Beidou, Galileo and GPS any one, and support single Beidou mode;
It is equipped with data security functions and supports remote real-time video live broadcast, and can realize drone control and image and video transmission through 4G/5G modules.
On April 22 this year, the Shandong Provincial Department of Transportation issued the "Three-year Action Plan for the High-quality Development of Low-altitude Economy in Shandong Province (2024-2026)", which proposed that by 2026, the province's low-altitude economic service guarantee level will be leading in the country, the innovation ability will be world-class, the application scenarios will be rich and diverse, and the industrial energy level will jump significantly, becoming an important source of innovation and development of the national low-altitude economy, and the low-altitude economic industry will become an important growth pole for the high-quality development of the province's economy.