DRDO makes headway in hypersonic know-how

DRDO demonstrated long-duration Lively Cooled Scramjet Subscale Combustor floor testing for greater than 1,000 seconds. Picture: PIB

The Defence Analysis and Improvement Organisation (DRDO) on Friday (April 25, 2025) introduced a major milestone within the discipline of hypersonic weapon know-how with the demonstration of long-duration Lively Cooled Scramjet Subscale Combustor floor testing for greater than 1,000 seconds.

“The bottom-test is in continuation of the sooner take a look at reported for 120 seconds in January 2025. With the profitable take a look at, the system shall be quickly prepared for full scale flight worthy combustor testing,” DRDO mentioned in a press release. “This take a look at validates the design of lengthy period scramjet combustor in addition to take a look at facility.”

The event was achieved by the Defence Analysis & Improvement Laboratory (DRDL), a Hyderabad-based laboratory of DRDO, on the newly constructed state-of-the-art scramjet join take a look at facility.

Hypersonic cruise missile is a category of weapons that may journey greater than 5 occasions the velocity of sound (>6100 Kmph) for a protracted period and is powered by air respiration engine. Air-breathing propulsion techniques, having supersonic combustion, play a important position for long-duration cruise situations, the assertion mentioned.