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DRDO’s Long-Duration Scramjet Test Boosts India’s Hypersonic Missile Programme
DRDL's scramjet combustor test validates design and infrastructure, supporting India's hypersonic missile program with speeds over 6,100 km/h, DRDO said.
- On Friday, Defence Research & Development Laboratory in Hyderabad conducted a long-duration ground test of its Actively Cooled Scramjet Full-Scale Combustor at the Scramjet Connect Pipe Test facility, achieving a run time of over 12 minutes.
- This milestone builds on a previous subscale test on April 25 last year, with the combustor and SCPT facility designed by DRDL and realised with industry partners.
- Technical runs confirmed that the combustor design and test infrastructure at the SCPT facility validated the air-breathing supersonic combustion for sustained high-speed flight.
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh praised the effort, congratulating DRDO, industry and academia and saying the test `lays a solid foundation` for the Hypersonic Cruise Missile Development Programme.
- A hypersonic cruise missile can exceed five times the speed of sound, reaching over 6,100 km per hour for extended periods, which DRDL and DRDO called a path-breaking milestone in missile development.
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India Conducts Ground Test Of Scramjet Engine For Hypersonic Missiles
Defence Research and Development Organisation has achieved a key milestone in the development of hypersonic missiles, as it successfully conducted a long-duration ground test of its actively cooled scramjet combustor, the defence ministry said.
·New Delhi, India
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On January 9, 2026, DRDO successfully conducted a ground test of a full-scale, actively cooled scramjet combustor for over 12 minutes in Hyderabad. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh described it as a strong foundation for the hypersonic cruise missile program. This success puts India ahead of the curve in hypersonic technology, alongside the United States, Russia, and China.
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