Tests underway for Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle

A series of tests are underway for India’s first Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV) and this will get a boost with the wind tunnel facility coming up here. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is confident that HSTDV, which has already achieved 6.5 Mach, will achieve its aim of scramjet flight for 20 seconds. Mach is commonly used to represent the speed of an object when it is travelling close to or above the speed of sound. V.G. Sekaran, director general (missiles and strategic systems), DRDO, told repo…