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Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle

September 11 , 2020 1412 days 928 0
  • DRDO successfully flight-tested Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle.
  • It is an unmanned scramjet demonstration aircraft that are used in hypersonic speed flights.
  • India now has become the fourth country in the world after the US, China and Russia to do such testing.
  • It would help missiles to travel at six times the speed of sound known as the hypersonic speed.
  • The testing also leads to development of hypersonic cruise missiles.

Assisting partners

  • Israel helped in wind tunnel testing.
  • Russia provided help in research of the hypersonic propulsion.

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