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Object detection is a fundamental task in remote sensing image analysis and scene understanding. Previous remote sensing object detectors are typically based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs), whose performance is significantly limited by the intrinsic locality of convolution operations. The emergence of vision Transformers brings potential solutions to this problem, which has the capability to be a solid alternative to CNNs. However, three crucial obstacles hinder the application and performance of Transformers in the task of remote sensing object detection, that is: 1) high computational complexity, especially for high-resolution remote sensing images; 2) training and sample inefficiency caused by lack of inductive bias; and 3) difficulty in learning arbitrary orientation knowledge of geospatial objects. To address these issues, in this article, a novel efficient inductive vision Transformer framework is proposed …