Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh on Saturday inaugurated the advanced Hypersonic Wind Tunnel (HWT) test facility here, 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.
After America and Russia, India is the third country to have such a large facility in terms of size and operating capability, it said.
It is an indigenous development and an outcome of synergistic partnership with Indian industries.
The facility has the capability to “simulate hypersonic flow over a wide spectrum and will play a major role in the realization of highly complex futuristic aerospace and defence systems,” the release said.
Singh, who…