DRDO Achieves Breakthrough in Scramjet Engine Testing
- On 25th April 2025, DRDO successfully conducted ground testing of an active cooled scramjet subscale combustor for over 1,000 seconds at its Scramjet Connect Test Facility in Hyderabad.
- The test builds on a previous 120-second trial in January and marks a significant leap toward long-duration hypersonic propulsion.
- With this success, DRDO is now gearing up for full-scale flight-worthy combustor testing.
- Scramjets, or supersonic combustion ramjets, enable hypersonic cruise missiles to fly over five times the speed of sound using air-breathing engines.
- The successful test validates both the scramjet combustor design and the new world-class testing facility, boosting India’s defence R&D ....
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