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.
In a historic mission today, India successfully flight tested Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV), a giant leap in indigenous defence technologies and significant milestone towards a #sashaktbharat and #atmanirbharbharat.
— DRDO (@DRDO_India) September 7, 2020
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.
The @DRDO_India has today successfully flight tested the Hypersonic Technology Demontrator Vehicle using the indigenously developed scramjet propulsion system. With this success, all critical technologies are now established to progress to the next phase.
— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) September 7, 2020
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.
#WATCH DRDO‘s successful demonstration of the Hypersonic air-breathing scramjet technology with the flight test of Hypersonic Technology Demonstration Vehicle, at 1103 hours today from Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Launch Complex at Wheeler Island, off the coast of Odisha pic.twitter.com/aC1phjusDH
— ANI (@ANI) September 7, 2020
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.