Halldale President and CEO Andy Smith runs through his highlights from day two of WATS 2022, where VR came to the fore.

QinetiQ has won a £6m, four-year, Vampire Phase 1 contract to support the Royal Navy’s future high performance Unmanned Aerial Systems operations.

Airbus Helicopters has begun trialing autonomous take-off and landing capabilities at sea for the VSR700, an unmanned aerial system being developed for the French Navy.

The joint study builds on Eve’s development for the urban air mobility market and will look at how the aircraft could provide cost-effective, sustainable and adaptable capability as a defence variant.