Naveen Congratulates DRDO for Successful Test Flight of SFDR Technology Off Odisha Coast

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has congratulated the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on the successful test flight of Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) technology at the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.

“Congratulate DRDO on the successful test flight of Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) technology at the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha”, Naveen tweeted.

Congratulate @DRDO_India on the successful test flight of Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) technology at the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of #Odisha.#DRDO

— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) April 8, 2022

The DRDO on Friday successfully flight tested the SFDR booster at the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.

According to the Ministry of Defence, the flight test successfully demonstrated the reliable functioning of all critical components involved in the complex missile system and further met all the mission objectives as ascertained.

The SFDR-based propulsion enables the missile to intercept aerial threats at very long range at supersonic speeds. The performance of the system has been confirmed from the data captured by a number of range instruments like Telemetry, Radar and Electro Optical Tracking Systems deployed by ITR. 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.