India-based Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL) has achieved a significant milestone by conducting a successful ground test of an Active-Cooled Scramjet Combustor, marking a first in ...

The DRDO has developed and successfully carried out the ground test of the long-duration Supersonic Combustion Ramjet, or Scramjet-powered hypersonic technology. The Ministry of Defence, without ...

Hypersonic missiles are a class of advanced weaponry ... these technologies and demonstrated a cutting-edge Active Cooled Scramjet Combustor ground test for 120 seconds for the first time in ...

All these capabilities make hypersonic missiles a serious threat to existing air defence systems. On January 22, 2025, DRDO successfully ground-tested an active cooled combustor for a scramjet engine.

India has fired up a domestically developed scramjet engine as part of its pursuit of hypersonic missiles. The Hyderabad-based Defense Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL) ran an active-cooled ...

DRDO successfully tested an active cooled scramjet engine combustor on the ground for 120 seconds, a step toward the development of next-generation hypersonic missiles. Major military powers have ...

The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) regards the ground test of an active cooled scramjet combustor as being a milestone in its development of next-generation hypersonic missiles. (Defence ...

An Indian government defence laboratory has successfully tested a scramjet as part of efforts to develop hypersonic missiles. The Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL) conducted the ...

on Tuesday successfully conducted a ground test of scramjet combustor, demonstrating its potential for operational use in hypersonic missiles. "The DRDO took the initiative in developing a long ...

Scramjet engine is an air breathing engine capable of sustaining combustion during supersonic flights “These advanced weapons (hypersonic missiles) have the potential to bypass existing air ...