Faster drones, cruise missile boost: What DRDO’s new turbojet engine can power
The Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE) has successfully developed an expendable turbojet engine in the 350kg thrust class.Powerplants such as these are used on platforms including cruise missiles and target drones. With the advent of jet-powered loitering munitions, their use cases are expected to expand further. Such engines have long powered cruise missiles, including the US Tomahawk.As conflicts increasingly move towards non-contact kinetic warfare, this class of jet engine is becoming crucial.
- ▪The Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE) has successfully developed an expendable turbojet engine in the 350kg thrust class.Powerplants such as these are used on platforms includin
- ▪With the advent of jet-powered loitering munitions, their use cases are expected to expand further.
- ▪Such engines have long powered cruise missiles, including the US Tomahawk.As conflicts increasingly move towards non-contact kinetic warfare, this class of jet engine is becoming crucial.
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News/Faster drones, cruise missile boost: What DRDO’s new turbojet engine can powerFaster drones, cruise missile boost: What DRDO’s new turbojet engine can powerTOI defence desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Jul 24, 2026, 14:31 ISTCommentsShareAA+Text SizeSmallMediumLarge New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) India on Thursday achieved a major milestone in indigenous aero-engine technology with the successful development of the country's first expendable turbojet engine in the 350 kg thrust class, designed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation's (DRDO) Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE).
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