The DGA and French Navy carried out the flight tests of the VSR-700 rotary wing drone under the SDAM project at the beginning of October.

The French Navy started at-sea tests of the VSR700 VTOL UAV from FREMM frigate "Provence" in Southern France.

Airbus Helicopters and the DGA tested the unmanned aerial system (UAS) VSR700 for the first time in an operational configuration from a ship at sea.

The DGA validated the technical capabilities of the VSR-700 vertical take off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) during a maritime test phase in December 2022.

Airbus Helicopters has begun trialing autonomous take-off and landing capabilities at sea for the VSR700 VTOL UAV...

The VSR700 is an unmanned aerial system being developed for the French Navy in partnership ...

Airbus announced that its VSR700 VTOL UAV prototype reached a speed of 60 kts during its latest test flight.

The VSR700 optionally piloted vehicle (OPV) has successfully achieved fully autonomous takeoff and landing (ATOL) approaches, validating its autonomy to and from a moving platform and advancing the VSR700 programme towards its end goal: offering a tactical unmanned aerial system (UAS) with (ATOL) capacities for global navies. The landing zone: a pitching, yawing platform, mounted on a trailer to simulate the conditions of a moving ship deck.

The prototype of Airbus Helicopters’ VSR700 vertical take off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has performed its first free flight. The VSR700 performed a ten minute flight at a drone test centre near Aix-en-Provence in the south of France.

French minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, announced that rotary and fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) will be procured ahead of schedule. The announcement came as part of a wider recovery plan to help the French aerospace industry cope with the current economic crisis.