Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday inaugurated the advanced Hypersonic Wind Tunnel (HWT) test facility, that makes India the third country after the US and Russia to have such an advanced facility. A defense release said After America and Russia, India is the third country to have such a large facility in terms of size and operating capability. 

The release added that 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)". It is an indigenous development and an outcome of a synergistic partnership with Indian industries. HWT is capable of "simulating hypersonic flow over a wide spectrum and will play a major role in the realization of highly complex futuristic aerospace and defence systems," explained the defense release. 

The Defence minister who visited the Defence Research and Development Organisation's Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex during his two-day visit to the city, urged the DRDO's scientists to make India a "Super Military Power", thereby making India a Super Power, a Defence release said. The contributions of DRDO Young Scientist Labs including cybersecurity, space and artificial intelligence and evolve roadmaps were appreciated by the minister. 

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