In 2024, drone technology is being driven by intelligence, autonomy, and systematization, profoundly reshaping the global landscape of low altitude economy and intelligent airspace. This article systematically elaborates on the representative progress, technological challenges, and development trends of drone related technologies in 2024 from multiple dimensions, including autonomous drone flight and intelligent control, drone cluster collaboration, drone cluster verification, anti drone technology, drone control, and low altitude economy. Today, drone technology is rising from a single tool application to a system level strategic pillar through cross domain technology integration and intelligent ecosystem construction. The rapid expansion of low altitude economy has put forward new requirements for global airspace governance, multimodal perception, mission optimization, and security assurance. In the future, unmanned aerial vehicles will be based on intelligent airspace governance, driven by collaborative innovation, and aimed at improving new quality capabilities, to create a new ecosystem of unmanned aerial vehicles for future scenario applications, providing technical support and industry leadership for high-quality development of low altitude economy, global layout of intelligent airspace, and deep application in multiple fields.
The rapid development of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology is driving the low altitude economy (LAE) towards a new stage of intelligence and collaboration. Drones have achieved breakthroughs in autonomous flight, precise navigation, and adaptability to complex environments through artificial intelligence, computer vision, and deep learning technologies, empowering key areas such as smart logistics, unmanned agriculture, and urban air traffic, and quickly integrating into the LAE industry chain. More importantly, the maturity of drone cluster technology, through collective intelligence and efficient collaboration, promotes the expansion of LAE from single point applications to multi-dimensional scenarios, forming a new model that connects air logistics networks, disaster emergency systems, and intelligent city management. The deep integration of drones and LAE is driving the industry from technology driven to ecological construction, becoming a new growth pole in the field of intelligent flight and reshaping the future economic and industrial landscape. In 2024, drones are transforming from "battlefield tools" to "intelligent tactical nodes", leading information warfare into a new dimension.
