I. Market Scale Continues to Expand, with Asia as the Core Growth Engine

According to the Research Report on Operational Status and Investment Strategy of China's Driving Simulator Industry released by Guanyan Tianxia in July 2025, the global driving simulation-related market has maintained steady growth amid economic recovery. The market size in 2024 saw a significant increase compared to 2020, with the Asian region achieving remarkable growth and emerging as the core driver of global market expansion.

On the supply side, the vitality of industry competition continues to be unleashed, and collaboration across the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain is becoming increasingly sophisticated. On the demand side, factors such as the standardization of driving training and the rise of the low-altitude economy have driven the formation of a positive dynamic of two-way expansion in supply and demand.

II. Technological Innovation Achieves Breakthroughs in Multiple Areas, with Hardcore Technologies Restructuring Product Forms

Low-Altitude Economy Spawns Professional-Grade New Categories

In September 2025, Qingdao Lantian Aviation delivered China's first professional-grade eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft) engineering simulator, marking the official entry of simulated cockpit technology into the low-altitude economy track. Developed based on the manned aircraft configuration of a leading domestic eVTOL enterprise, the equipment integrates independently controllable technologies such as aviation component-level modeling, civil aircraft integrated avionics simulation, and multi-type aviation bus signal program control. It can realistically simulate cockpit environments, handling qualities, and airborne system characteristics, covering full scenarios of engineering tests, airworthiness verification, and test pilot training. Its modular design enables on-demand upgrades from "experience-level" to "engineering-level" and "high-level," providing a new paradigm for industry product iteration.

Multi-Technology Integration Enhances Simulation Accuracy

Mainstream products currently achieve in-depth integration of virtual reality (VR), artificial intelligence (AI), and hardware-in-the-loop simulation technologies. Take Lantian Aviation's SkyScape Flight Pod series as an example: it constructs immersive scenarios through high-resolution omnidirectional surround screens, paired with high-fidelity digital sound simulation technology, which can reproduce details of complex environments such as airports, buildings, and oceans. The collaborative optimization of embedded systems and sensors enables real-time synchronization of flight parameters and operation feedback, reducing operational latency by over 40% compared to traditional equipment.

III. Application Scenarios Extend Across Industries, from Training to the Entire Industrial Chain

Deepened Upgrades in Vocational Training Scenarios

Traditional driving training remains a core demand scenario but shows a trend of "intelligence + standardization" upgrading. Simulated cockpits have expanded from basic operation training to the cultivation of high-level capabilities such as emergency response and complex road condition handling. Some products generate personalized training programs through AI algorithms, increasing trainees' practical operation pass rates by 25%-30% and becoming standard equipment in driving schools and vocational colleges.

Breakthroughs in Industrial R&D Scenarios

In high-end manufacturing fields such as eVTOL and new energy vehicles, simulated cockpits have become key R&D tools. Lantian Aviation's engineering simulators can assist R&D teams in completing human-machine engineering verification and whole-machine system integration testing in a simulated environment, effectively reducing the cost of real-machine tests by 60% and shortening the R&D cycle by more than 30%. Currently, such products have established cooperation with leading enterprises like Shanghai Volant Aviation, accelerating the industrialization of low-altitude economy equipment.

Accelerated Formation of Regional Industrial Clusters

Cities represented by Qingdao are building a simulated driving technology industrial ecosystem. By establishing "Flight Simulation Technology Innovation Centers" and aggregating university R&D resources, they have formed a complete industrial chain from core technology R&D to whole-machine manufacturing. Local enterprises generally have R&D personnel accounting for 70%, mostly from top universities such as Beihang University and Beijing Institute of Technology, providing talent support for technological breakthroughs.

IV. Industry Trend Outlook: Parallel Development of Technological Deepening and Scenario Expansion

The industry will present two core trends in the future: first, technological autonomy, with accelerated localization of key components such as high-level simulation algorithms and core sensors, and leading enterprises laying out patent matrices; second, scenario diversification, as simulated cockpits will extend beyond traditional driving training and aviation to fields such as special vehicle operation and smart city traffic deduction. For enterprises, mastering comprehensive capabilities in "hardware integration + software simulation + scenario customization" will be the key to seizing market opportunities.