Hypersonic Technology Demonstration Vehicle (HSTDV)

  • Recently, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully demonstrated the hypersonic air-breathing scramjet technology with the flight test of Hypersonic Technology Demonstration Vehicle (HSTDV) from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Launch Complex at Wheeler Island, off the coast of Odisha.

About HSTDV

  • The Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV) is an unmanned scramjet demonstration aircraft for hypersonic speed flight, developed by India's DRDO. HSTDV is not a weapon itself but being developed as a carrier vehicle for hypersonic and long-range cruise missiles.
  • The HSTDV cruise vehicle is mounted on a solid rocket motor, which takes it to a required altitude. Once it ....
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