New Delhi, Dec. 2 -- The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully carried out a high-speed rocket-sled test of a fighter aircraft escape system at control velocity, validating canopy severance, ejection sequencing and full aircrew recovery at its Rail Track Rocket Sled facility in Chandigarh.
In a statement issued here, the Ministry of Defence stated the controlled velocity test was conducted in collaboration with Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). This complex dynamic test places India in an elite club of nations with advanced in-house escape system testing capability.
Dynamic ejection tests are significantly more complex than static tests such as Net test or Zero-Z...