CALT is a subsidiary of the larger China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).

[4] Its major contribution to China's civilian and military launch capability has been the manufacture of the Long March family of rockets.

That rocket would launch above the Karman line, and lift 1–2 tons to LEO.

[8] In 2021, following tests by CALT, United States Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall III stated that China was developing and testing a fractional orbital bombardment system.[9][10][better source needed][relevant?]

[6][11] In November 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order prohibiting U.S. companies and individuals owning shares in companies, including CALT, that the U.S. Department of Defense has listed as having links to the People's Liberation Army.