New Delhi, May 5 -- Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL), the Hyderabad based laboratory of DRDO, has achieved a milestone in the development of hypersonic missiles. The DRDL successfully conducted an extensive long duration ground test of its Actively Cooled Scramjet Full Scale Combustor, achieving a run time of over 12 minutes at its state-of-the-art Scramjet Connect Pipe Test (SCPT) Facility on 9 January 2026.

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