Air Breathing Propulsion

Air Breathing Propulsion provides a technological key for low cost space transportation system. They eliminate the use of oxidizer being carried by making use of the atmospheric air and there by significantly improve the payload fraction. Air breathing propulsion project is responsible for planning and execution of research, development of flight testing of Air Breathing Propulsion Systems. These involve theoretical computation and experimental evaluation of thermo structural and reactive fluid dynamics of turbo-ramjet-scramjet engines and associated technologies.

Successful flight demonstration of Scramjet mode of propulsion was cost effectively carried out with ATVD02- Scramjet Characterisation flight in 2016. Further plans are for the development of an autonomous vehicle powered by Scramjet engine capable for accelerating for a period of 250s.

HAVA - Hyper Sonic Air Breathing Vehicle with Air Integration Systems:- Current focus of the project is on the development of critical technologies for this HAVA mission Viz. Flowduct, fuel injection struct Air intake cowl opening mechanism, Ramps fluid store and feed system, Pilot Flame Ignition System, Navigation / Guidance and Control System, Elevon/ Rudder Control System and Avionics/ Instrumentation System. Further it is planned to develop Air Breathing Powered (TBCC based Engine) TSTO vehicle.