May 10, 2026 2:40 AM
India achieves major breakthrough in hypersonic missile technology with successful DRDO scramjet test
In a major boost to India’s hypersonic missile development programme, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully conducted an extensive long-duration ground test of an actively cooled full-scale scramjet combustor. The test, carried out by the Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL) in Hyderabad on May 9, achieved a run-time of more than 1,200 seconds at the state-of-the-art Scramjet Connect Pipe Test (SCPT) facility. The latest achievement builds o...