Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday inaugurated the advanced Hypersonic Wind Tunnel (HWT) test facility. Making India the third country after the US and Russia to have such a facility.
The state-of-the-art HWT Test facility is “pressure vacuum-driven enclosed free jet facility having nozzle exit diameter of 1 meter and will simulate Mach No 5 to 12 (Mach represents the multiplication factor to the speed of sound)”, defence release said.
Singh, who visited the Defence Research and Development Organisation’s Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex here during his two-day visit to the city, urged the DRDO’s scientists to make India a “Super Military Power”, thereby making India a Super Power.
He appreciated the contributions of DRDO Young Scientist Labs and said the DRDO needs to focus on next-generation needs, including cybersecurity, space, and artificial intelligence, and evolve roadmaps.
Raksha Mantri urged DRDO scientists to make India a Super Military Power thereby making India a Super Power,” it said.
The Defence Minister, who addressed the DRDO fraternity, applauded the recent series of successful missions and technological achievements by various clusters of the organization.
This included the Hypersonic Technology Demonstration Vehicle (HSTDV), Anti-Radiation Missile (RUDRAM), Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM), Supersonic Missile Assisted Release Torpedo (SMART), and Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) technology during the last six months, it said.