India successfully test-fires hyper-sonic technology demonstrator vehicle ‘HSTDV’

In a historic achievement, India successfully tested the indigenously-developed hypersonic technology demonstrator vehicle (HSTDV) on Monday (Sep 7). This new technology developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), will power the futuristic long-range missile systems and aerial platforms, officials said.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh who just returned from his trip to Russia and Iran congratulated the DRDO over the successful test flight of the HSTDV, calling it a “landmark achievement”

“I congratulate to DRDO on this landmark achievement towards realising PM’s vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat. I spoke to the scientists associated with the project and congratulated them on this great achievement. India is proud of them,” he tweeted.

A DRDO official said, with the successful demonstration of the HSTDV by India we have now improved our capabilities for highly complex technology that will serve as the building block for next-generation hypersonic vehicles in partnership with the domestic defence industry.

The HSTDV powers cruise missiles and operate on scramjet engines which can attain the speed of around Mach 6 which is over 7000 km/per hour and is far better than ramjet engines.