  We study $D \geq 4$-dimensional half-maximal flux backgrounds using
exceptional field theory. We define the relevant generalised structures and
also find the integrability conditions which give warped half-maximal
$\mathrm{Minkowski}_D$ and $\mathrm{AdS}_D$ vacua. We then show how to obtain
consistent truncations of type II / 11-dimensional SUGRA which break half the
supersymmetry. Such truncations can be defined on backgrounds admitting
exceptional generalised $\mathrm{SO}(d-1-N)$ structures, where $d = 11 - D$,
and $N$ is the number of vector multiplets obtained in the lower-dimensional
theory. Our procedure yields the most general embedding tensors satisfying the
linear constraint of half-maximal gauged SUGRA. We use this to prove that all
$D\geq 4$ half-maximal warped $\mathrm{AdS}_D$ and Minkowski$_D$ vacua of type
II / 11-dimensional SUGRA admit a consistent truncation keeping only the
gravitational supermultiplet. We also show to obtain heterotic double field
theory from exceptional field theory and comment on the M-theory / heterotic
duality. In five dimensions, we find a new $\mathrm{SO}(5,N)$ double field
theory with a $(6+N)$-dimensional extended space. Its section condition has one
solution corresponding to 10-dimensional ${\cal N}=1$ supergravity and another
yielding six-dimensional ${\cal N}=\left(2,0\right)$ SUGRA.
