Hypersonic Flight and Ground Testing Activities in India

India has undertaken many hypersonic technology development programmes to meet the goals of future missions in space as well as missile development. While large scale ground based tests facilities are under construction, existing test facilities are being used to develop the preliminary design data needed for flight tests as well as for CFD code validation. A brief review of the hypersonic flight vehicle development programmes and the existing test facilities in the country along with some sample results from our laboratory for these programs is presented here