DRDO conducts ground test of scramjet engine for hypersonic missilesThe DRDO has successfully tested a scramjet combustor, advancing India’s hypersonic missile capabilities. The test conducted by DRDL marked...
21 Jan, 2025, 09.32 PM IST
India, Russia to build BrahMoS hypersonic versionMoscow is ahead of the US and other western powers in the development of hypersonic missiles, considered a game-changer in modern warfare. ...
03 Apr, 2023, 11.57 PM IST
India test-fires air launched version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missileThe missile was fired after the Su-30 MKI aircraft travelled for over three hours covering a "significantly long distance", the officials s...
30 Oct, 2020, 11.28 PM IST
India can have complete hypersonic cruise missile system in 4-5 years: DRDOThe DRDO test fired the Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV) on September 7 which is expected to lay the foundation for the d...
14 Oct, 2020, 03.18 PM IST
Quantum leap: Hypersonic weapons likely to redefine warfare in the 2020sHypersonics are as much about advancements in technology as about the military might of nations.
29 Dec, 2019, 06.51 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 tests Russia's S-400 missile air defence systemChina's People's Liberation Army Rocket Force last month tested the S-400 Triumf air defence system successfully shooting down a "simulated...
27 Dec, 2018, 11.18 AM IST
DRDO to invest in IITs to kick-start aerospace defence technology researchDRDO is pumping in over Rs 400 crore into IIT Bombay and IIT Madras to kick-start advanced defence-related aerospace research and developme...
11 Jul, 2018, 12.38 PM IST
Supersonic airlines are coming back while Elon Musk dreams of spaceAir travel in the future will be divided among legacy carriers, supersonic startups, and rockets.
06 Oct, 2017, 07.58 PM IST
How crazy is Elon Musk's hypersonic space rocket airline?In essence, Musk wants to fly you even when you’re going merely to London, not Mars.
30 Sep, 2017, 03.37 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
Antipode, a hypersonic jet can take you from London to New York in 11 minutesLast year, the Canadian engineer designed the Skreemr, a four-winged scramjet that he claimed could carry 75 passengers at speeds of up to ...
29 Jan, 2016, 10.38 AM IST
China confirms test of supersonic nuclear delivery vehicleChinese defence ministry has confirmed the test of a supersonic nuclear delivery vehicle, a move described by the US as an "extreme manoeuv...
13 Jun, 2015, 11.26 PM IST
BrahMos missile cant be intercepted in next 20 years: A Sivathanu Pillai"The equivalent of BrahMos is yet to built. And, in the next 20 years, it cannot be intercepted by an enemy," said A Sivathanu Pillai.
17 Jun, 2013, 01.16 PM IST
- BrahMos supersonic cruise missile air variant to be tested before 2012 end: A Sivathanu Pillai
Pillai said the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) was working on increasing the speed of its missiles.
04 Jul, 2011, 05.08 PM IST
- BrahMos order book swells to $13 billion
Brahmos, the missile joint venture between India and Russia, has an order book of $13 billion, helped by increased demand from other countr...
02 Sep, 2010, 01.29 AM IST
- BrahMos aims to create $13 billion order book
BrahMos is inviting a lot of global attention, particularly from S America, Middle East, Asia Pacific & African regions.
01 Sep, 2010, 09.25 AM IST