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China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT)

China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) is a Beijing-based Chinese missile, launch-vehicle, and aerospace production organization under China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). CALT's public profile describes it as China's largest missile-weapon and carrier-rocket research and production base, while CASC material places the wider group in launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, UAVs, artillery rockets, and guided bombs.

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CALT sits at the missile and space-launch center of China's state aerospace industrial base. Its own Chinese-language overview says the academy was founded on 16 November 1957, is subordinate to CASC, and combines missile-weapon and launch-vehicle research, development, and production. The same overview states that Qian Xuesen was its first president and that CALT's organization had roughly 31,000 employees by the end of 2023.

CALT's defense relevance is clearest in Chinese export munitions and related aerospace weapon systems, not only in its civil launch-vehicle work. The A200 guided rocket and FT-8C laser-guided missile both sit inside the CASC export ecosystem for guided rockets, UAV-carried weapons, and precision strike munitions.

Launch vehiclesStrategic and tactical missile systemsGuided rocketsGuided bombs and UAV-carried munitionsAerospace technology applications

Notable Systems

A200 guided rocket, 301 mm guided artillery rocket, Munitions

A200 guided rocket

301 mm guided artillery rocket

A 301 mm-class guided artillery rocket in the Chinese A200/A300/M20 export family; Army Recognition attributes the A200 development and production line to CALT and its ALIT export channel.

Sources: Army Recognition A200/Polonez report, Army Recognition IDEX 2017 A200/A300 report
FT-8C laser-guided missile, Laser-guided missile, Munitions

FT-8C laser-guided missile

Laser-guided missile

A semi-active laser-guided air-to-surface missile associated in public reporting with CALT, CASC export channels, and UAV carriage packages.

Sources: Altair CH-92A report, CASC UAVs and Other Equipment

Manufacturer History

  1. CALT founded

    CALT's official Chinese overview states that the academy was established on 16 November 1957, is subordinate to CASC, and is a major Chinese missile-weapon and launch-vehicle research and production base.

    Sources: CALT official Chinese overview

  2. CASC formally established

    CASC's English company profile says the group was formally founded on 1 July 1999 after earlier Ministry of National Defense and aerospace-industry reorganizations; CALT now operates under this state-owned aerospace group.

    Sources: CASC company profile

  3. A200 appears in Belarusian Polonez context

    Army Recognition's Polonez report identified Belarus as the launch customer for the A200 missile system and tied A200 development and production to CALT, with ALIT handling export promotion.

    Sources: Army Recognition A200/Polonez report

  4. CALT reports scale and regional footprint

    CALT's official overview, using figures through the end of 2023, describes an organization of about 31,000 employees with a Beijing-centered regional layout supported by facilities in Hebei, Tianjin, Shanxi, Shandong, Hunan, and Hainan.

    Sources: CALT official Chinese overview

Website links
Official CALT English siteOfficial CALT Chinese overviewCASC company profileCASC defense systems overview

CALT is a Chinese state aerospace academy inside CASC rather than a standalone commercial defense company. The official Chinese CALT overview is the strongest public source for current organization facts; the official English site is listed for the public English name but was accessed with a certificate hostname mismatch. This profile describes manufacturer background and catalog connections only, and does not add conflict-use claims.

Manufacturer Sources

  • CALT official Chinese overviewPublisher: China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology | Note: Supports CALT's Chinese name, 1957-11-16 founding date, CASC affiliation, Beijing-centered regional footprint, missile-weapon and launch-vehicle production role, 2023 scale figures, and official contact context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Official CALT English sitePublisher: China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology | Note: Supports the official English-language CALT site and public English name; the site presented a certificate hostname mismatch during command-line access, so organization facts are also cross-supported by the Chinese official overview. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • CASC company profilePublisher: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | Note: Supports CASC state-owned group context, formal 1999 founding, R&D and production complexes, and group activity in launch vehicles, spacecraft, strategic and tactical missile systems, and related aerospace services. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • CASC Launch VehiclesPublisher: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | Note: Supports CASC launch-vehicle background, Long March family launch experience, and LM-5 payload figures used only as broad manufacturer context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • CASC UAVs and Other EquipmentPublisher: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | Note: Supports CASC activity in UAVs, artillery rockets, guided bombs, and CH, WS, and FT product-spectrum background relevant to the FT-8C catalog connection. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Army Recognition A200/Polonez reportPublisher: Army Recognition | Note: Supports the A200 guided rocket catalog connection, CALT development and production attribution, ALIT export context, 301 mm caliber, and 50-200 km range. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Army Recognition IDEX 2017 A200/A300 reportPublisher: Army Recognition | Note: Supports A200/A300 export-family context and ALIT promotion of the guided rocket line. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Altair CH-92A reportPublisher: Altair | Note: Supports the FT-8C catalog connection, CALT production attribution, CASC relationship, and reported missile-range context for the CH-92A export package. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

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