{"id":362672,"date":"2026-05-12T15:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T10:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=362672"},"modified":"2026-05-12T15:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T10:07:08","slug":"indias-successful-test-of-actively-cooled-full-scale-scramjet-combustor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-successful-test-of-actively-cooled-full-scale-scramjet-combustor\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s Successful test of Actively Cooled Full Scale Scramjet Combustor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\"><strong>News:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Defence Research &amp; Development Laboratory (DRDL) of DRDO has achieved a path-breaking milestone in the development of Hypersonic Missiles by successfully conducting an extensive long-duration test of its Actively Cooled Full Scale Scramjet Combustor.<\/span><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"leftbox-black\"><strong>About India\u2019s Successful test of Actively Cooled Full Scale Scramjet Combustor<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/image001WW3I.jpg?resize=410%2C243&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Scramjet Propulsion System\" width=\"410\" height=\"243\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: PIB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"leftbox-default\"><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Conducted by:<\/strong> The<strong> Defence Research and Development Organisation<\/strong> successfully conducted a 1,200-second ground test of an actively cooled scramjet combustor in Hyderabad.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/scramjet-engine\/\">scramjet engine<\/a> is designed to power <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/scramjet-engine\/\">hypersonic cruise missiles <\/a><\/strong>capable of travelling at speeds greater than Mach 5.<\/li>\n<li>It successfully demonstrated<strong> active cooling technology<\/strong> that protects the engine from extreme heat generated during hypersonic flight.\n<ul>\n<li>Scientists achieved stable combustion inside the engine even when air flowed through it at supersonic speed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>India also <strong>developed an indigenous liquid hydrocarbon endothermic fuel<\/strong> specially designed for hypersonic propulsion systems.\n<ul>\n<li>Th<strong>is advanced fuel helps cool the engine and improves ignition performance<\/strong> under extreme conditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Researchers developed <strong>special ceramic thermal barrier coatings<\/strong> to withstand temperatures higher than the melting point of steel.<\/li>\n<li>The successful test validated <strong>both the scramjet combustor design and India\u2019s advanced hypersonic testing infrastructure.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This achievement places India among the leading countries working on advanced hypersonic weapon technologies, alongside U.S.A, Russia, and China.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:\u00a0Defence Research &amp; Development Laboratory (DRDL) of DRDO has achieved a path-breaking milestone in the development of Hypersonic Missiles by successfully conducting an extensive long-duration test of its Actively Cooled Full Scale Scramjet Combustor. About India\u2019s Successful test of Actively Cooled Full Scale Scramjet Combustor Introduction Conducted by: The Defence Research and Development Organisation successfully&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-successful-test-of-actively-cooled-full-scale-scramjet-combustor\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India\u2019s Successful test of Actively Cooled Full Scale Scramjet Combustor<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11959,1738,12039],"tags":[11872,3590],"class_list":["post-362672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-defence","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}