DRDO test fires Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet at Chandipur in Odisha
DRDO on Friday conducted a successful flight test of Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SDRF) from Interim Teat Range (ITR) in Chandipur, Odisha. The missile was successfully tested from a plane in Odisha. The indigenously developed 'Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR)' propulsion-based missile system was successfully flight tested from Interim Teat Range (ITR) in Chandipur, Odisha by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Friday. According to the information, all subsystems including "ground booster, separation of the ground booster and Nozzle-less-booster performance" have performed satisfactorily. DRDO carried out the first SFDR propulsion technology flight test in May 2018. However, in February 2019, the Ministry of Defence had flight-tested the second indigenously developed ‘Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR)’ propulsion-based missile system from ITR in Odisha. "Missile was guided to high altitude to simulate aircraft release condition...