Overview
- The actively cooled, long-duration combustor was tested at the Scramjet Connect Pipe Test facility in Hyderabad.
- Ground measurements validated the combustor design along with the performance of the test infrastructure.
- The milestone builds on a subscale long-duration scramjet run conducted on April 25, 2025.
- DRDO says the result advances programmes including Project Vishnu, the Dhwani glide vehicle, and a hypersonic technology demonstrator.
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and DRDO chief Samir V. Kamat publicly congratulated DRDO teams, industry partners, and academia.