D-Propulse
IIT Madras-incubated defence-propulsion startup, chaired by former DRDO chief Dr V. K. Saraswat. In 2026 hot-fired India's first indigenous 5 kN air-breathing Rotating Detonation Engine (with aerospike nozzle) to TRL-5 at DRDO's DRDL, Hyderabad; targeting a flight-ready engine by
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Industrial importance3/5
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Strategic importance2/5
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Import dependency2/5
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- related toDefence Research and Development Laboratory- D-Propulse hot-fired the RDE at DRDO's Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) test facility, Hyderabad.