12-09-2003, 01:10 AM
<b> THIS POST IS CONFIDENTIAL.....NOT FOR NAKED EYES.... </b> <!--emo&
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/artic...347055.cms
<b> IITs work on hypersonic aircraft </b>
CH SUSHIL RAO
TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ MONDAY, DECEMBER 08, 2003 11:15:07 PM ]
HYDERABAD: Fly to London in less than two hours. It will not be wishful thinking or remain in the realm of imagination in a few years.
The Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) here is aiming just that as it has begun work on the `biggest aeronautical challenge' for the country.
Giving flight to the imagination, all the IITs in the country are among the 12 academic institutions working with the DRDL to develop a hypersonic aircraft.
When the hypersonic aircraft becomes a reality, one can travel to London, perhaps attend a meeting, and travel right back in just a few hours.
At present, a New Delhi-London flight takes eight hours - one way.
In the ambitious programme to achieve what the United States and Russia too are competing to, the IISc, Bangalore, the Osmania University, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) and Hyderabad Central University in the city are also working with the DRDL.
``We have the biggest brains in aeronautical engineering contributing to the mission that we want to achieve. We have the technology and the will,'' DRDL Director Prahlada told The Times of Indiahere on Monday.
Work on the unimaginable project __ to make a hypersonic aircraft which flies at some <b> 6,000 km per hour, __ began silently about two years ago but of late has gained momentum. </b> <!--emo&:o--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<b> The United States and Russia are also independently working on developing a hypersonic aircraft and have announced that they intend to achieve it by the year 2007. ``We want to complete it by 2006 but certainly not after them,'' Prahlada said. </b> <!--emo&:o--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&
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A couple of years ago, the <b>US unsuccessfully tested a hypersonic flight. It was to have made another trial last year and also this year but so far it has not happened. </b> France and Japan too are also said to be simultaneously working on the hypersonic flight. (<i>this shows how difficult it is....
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At the DRDL, a core team of 20 employees have been specifically drafted on the job. The `Hypersonic Propulsion Division' has as many as 100 people from different academic institutions assisting in developing the Supersonic Combustion Ramjet Engine (Scramjet) necessary for the hypersonic aircraft.
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I hope India will be <b> first nation earth to make this scramjet technology. </b> B)
we have taken a short-cut by directly going for hyperplane to beat into super-league? .......its truely chanakyan..... <!--emo&:roll--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ROTFL.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ROTFL.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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<b> IITs work on hypersonic aircraft </b>
CH SUSHIL RAO
TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ MONDAY, DECEMBER 08, 2003 11:15:07 PM ]
HYDERABAD: Fly to London in less than two hours. It will not be wishful thinking or remain in the realm of imagination in a few years.
The Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) here is aiming just that as it has begun work on the `biggest aeronautical challenge' for the country.
Giving flight to the imagination, all the IITs in the country are among the 12 academic institutions working with the DRDL to develop a hypersonic aircraft.
When the hypersonic aircraft becomes a reality, one can travel to London, perhaps attend a meeting, and travel right back in just a few hours.
At present, a New Delhi-London flight takes eight hours - one way.
In the ambitious programme to achieve what the United States and Russia too are competing to, the IISc, Bangalore, the Osmania University, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) and Hyderabad Central University in the city are also working with the DRDL.
``We have the biggest brains in aeronautical engineering contributing to the mission that we want to achieve. We have the technology and the will,'' DRDL Director Prahlada told The Times of Indiahere on Monday.
Work on the unimaginable project __ to make a hypersonic aircraft which flies at some <b> 6,000 km per hour, __ began silently about two years ago but of late has gained momentum. </b> <!--emo&:o--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<b> The United States and Russia are also independently working on developing a hypersonic aircraft and have announced that they intend to achieve it by the year 2007. ``We want to complete it by 2006 but certainly not after them,'' Prahlada said. </b> <!--emo&:o--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:lol:--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:devil--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/devilsmiley.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='devilsmiley.gif' /><!--endemo--> A couple of years ago, the <b>US unsuccessfully tested a hypersonic flight. It was to have made another trial last year and also this year but so far it has not happened. </b> France and Japan too are also said to be simultaneously working on the hypersonic flight. (<i>this shows how difficult it is....
</i>)At the DRDL, a core team of 20 employees have been specifically drafted on the job. The `Hypersonic Propulsion Division' has as many as 100 people from different academic institutions assisting in developing the Supersonic Combustion Ramjet Engine (Scramjet) necessary for the hypersonic aircraft.
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I hope India will be <b> first nation earth to make this scramjet technology. </b> B)
we have taken a short-cut by directly going for hyperplane to beat into super-league?
.......its truely chanakyan..... <!--emo&:roll--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ROTFL.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ROTFL.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:devil--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/devilsmiley.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='devilsmiley.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:clapping--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/clap.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='clap.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:clapping--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/clap.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='clap.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:beer--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cheers.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='cheers.gif' /><!--endemo-->