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French DGA orders new VTOL drones for French Navy
The French defense procurement agency (DGA) signed two contracts with Naval Group and Airbus Helicopters in the frame of the SDAM program to procure new
16 January 2026
The French defense procurement agency (DGA) signed two contracts with Naval Group and Airbus Helicopters in the frame of the SDAM program to procure new
At the 2025 edition of the DSEI Japan exhibition, Airbus showcased a full-scale model of its VSR 700 vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial
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 with Naval Group. This order (which also includes an for
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.
