Defence Min unveils 15-year roadmap: Nuclear-powered warships, hypersonic missiles, more on the horizonIndia's defence ministry has outlined ambitious acquisition plans worth billions, focusing on advanced technologies. These plans include nu...
05 Sep, 2025, 12.10 AM IST
London to New York in 60 mins? UK plane ‘The Sabre’ to reduce travel time - when will it be launchedThe hypersonic vehicle, known as The Sabre, is designed to reach speeds of Mach 5 (approximately 4,000 mph). Spearheaded by UK-based engine...
21 Jul, 2025, 07.38 PM IST
India testing a missile that flies at eight times the speed of sound, hits targets 1,500 km awayIndia has tested a new hypersonic missile. The missile is called ET-LDHCM. It can travel eight times the speed of sound. It can strike targ...
17 Jul, 2025, 08.51 AM IST
China tests Feitian 2 hypersonic missile powered by kerosene and air-breathing tech that could reshape the future of missilesChina has successfully tested its Feitian 2 hypersonic vehicle, showcasing its ability to switch between propulsion modes during flight. De...
01 Jul, 2025, 01.26 PM IST
China just tested a hypersonic engine powered by explosions; could this change the future of warfare?China claims a breakthrough in hypersonic engine technology with a successful Rotating Detonation Engine test. This engine, based on a deca...
26 May, 2025, 07.41 AM IST
DRDO's Hyderabad arm holds successful testing of scramjet engine for over 1,000 secondsIndia's DRDO achieved a significant milestone in hypersonic weapon technology with a successful long-duration test of an active cooled scra...
25 Apr, 2025, 09.49 PM IST
Announcement coming soon on 'Hava' rocket testing facility: ISRO ChiefThe Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will soon reveal news of its testing facility for an air-breathing vehicle, according to the ...
08 Jun, 2023, 08.04 PM IST
Facing up to China's hypersonic missilesIndia has been working on hypersonic missiles as well. Their purpose is to beat normal anti-missile systems, since the gap between detectio...
01 Nov, 2021, 11.26 PM IST
India test-fires hypersonic technology demonstrator vehicle; joins select groupThe HSTDV, based on hypersonic propulsion technologies and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), will help...
08 Sep, 2020, 11.54 AM IST
How the Big Bang may have happened decoded"We defined the critical criteria where we can drive a flame to self-generate its own turbulence, spontaneously accelerate, and transition ...
01 Nov, 2019, 02.23 PM IST
China successfully completes hypersonic engine testThe TBCC engine, which is bigger and more expensive than traditional ones, is primarily used in hypersonic cruise missiles and unmanned air...
08 Jan, 2019, 02.16 PM IST
DRDO ropes in IIT Bombay and Madras for propulsion and aero-engines developmentThe centre, established at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay in Powai here, will be operational in the next two years and the resea...
15 Jul, 2018, 01.43 PM IST
Country's air-breathing rocket 'scramjets' its way into spaceWhen the second stage, to which two scramjet engines were fixed, auto-ignited, the rocket had reached 20km altitude at Mach 6 and the flame...
29 Aug, 2016, 02.32 PM IST
ISRO successfully launches India's first-ever indigenous space shuttleThe test launch of the 6.5 metre long and 1.75 ton reusable launch vehicle ( RLV-TD ) was done at 7am from Satish Dhawan Space Centre."Miss...
23 May, 2016, 11.35 AM IST
India to flight test reusable launch vehicle TD on MondayThe mission, known as the hypersonic flight experiment, is expected to last about 10 minutes from liftoff to splashdown.
21 May, 2016, 11.17 PM IST
BrahMos Aerospace to develop tech for hypersonic missilesBrahMos Aerospace has initiated efforts to develop technology for hypersonic version of the BrahMos missile
25 Feb, 2013, 10.26 AM IST
- Work on submarine launched BrahMos in final stages
The work on launch of submarine variant of supersonic cruise missile BrahMos was in the final stages.
12 Jul, 2012, 09.16 PM IST