India, Dec. 2 -- The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has carried out a successful high-speed rocket-sled test of fighter aircraft escape system, defence ministry said on Tuesday.

In a major boost to indigenous fighter jet safety tech, the test demonstrated that the pilot-ejection mechanism functions accurately and safely under extreme conditions.

The test was conducted at a precisely controlled speed of 800 km/h at the Rail Track Rocket Sled (RTRS) facility of the Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL) in Chandigarh, the ministry said in a social media post accompanying a video.

The clip shows the staged test, where the system successfully propelled a dummy pilot clear of the cockpit, illustrating how the m...