The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Friday (April 25, 2025) introduced a major milestone in the sphere of hypersonic weapon technology with the demonstration of long-duration Active Cooled Scramjet Subscale Combustor floor testing for greater than 1,000 seconds.
“The ground-test is in continuation of the earlier test reported for 120 seconds in January 2025. With the successful test, the system will be soon ready for full scale flight worthy combustor testing,” DRDO stated in an announcement. “This test validates the design of long duration scramjet combustor as well as test facility.”
The improvement was achieved by the Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL), a Hyderabad-based laboratory of DRDO, on the newly constructed state-of-the-art scramjet join check 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 respiratory engine. Air-breathing propulsion methods, having supersonic combustion, play a crucial position for long-duration cruise circumstances, the assertion stated.
Published – April 25, 2025 10:07 pm IST
