Rajnath Singh Inaugurates India's First Hypersonic Wind Tunnel Test Facility In Hyderabad
After America and Russia, India is the third country to have a large facility in terms of size and operating capability
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20 December 2020
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2020-12-20T08:18:25+05:30
Rajnath Singh Inaugurates India's First Hypersonic Wind Tunnel Test Facility In Hyderabad
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2020-12-20T08:28:22+05:30
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday inaugurated the advanced Hypersonic Wind Tunnel (HWT) test facility Hyderabad, making India the third country after the US and Russia to have such a facility.
The state-of-the-art HWT Test facility is "pressure vacuum driven enclosed free jet facility having nozzle exit diameter of 1 metre and will simulate Mach No 5 to 12 (Mach represents the multiplication factor to the speed of sound)", a defence release said.