DRDO Flight Tests SFDR Technology Off Odisha Coast

Scripting yet another milestone, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Friday successfully flight tested Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) booster at the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.

Official sources said, the SFDR based propulsion enables missiles to intercept aerial threats at very long range and at supersonic speeds. 

Performance of the system has been confirmed from data captured by a number of range instruments like Telemetry, Radar and Electro-Optical Tracking Systems deployed by the ITR.

The test successfully demonstrated the reliable functioning of all critical components involved in the complex missile system and met all the mission objectives, the DRDO said in a release. 

The SFDR has been developed by Defence Research and Development Laboratory, Hyderabad in collaboration with other DRDO laboratories such as Research Centre Imarat, Hyderabad and High Energy Materials Research Laboratory, Pune.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO for the successful trial of SFDR.  Singh termed it as an important milestone towards development of critical missile technologies in the country.

Complementing the teams involved in design, development and testing, Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman, DRDO, Dr G Satheesh Reddy said, with the successful trial of SFDR, the range of air-to-air missiles can be enhanced.

(With PIB Inputs)