IIT Madras achieves breakthrough in vertical take-off, landing tech
Published on: Oct. 31, 2025, 5:30 a.m. | Source: The Hitavada
researchers at the indian institute of technology, madras, have achieved a breakthrough in developing a vertical take-off and landing (vtol) aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) with hybrid rocket thrusters. in a sophisticated experiment that combined a real-time hybrid rocket thruster with a virtual simulation, the researchers achieved the necessary velocity for “soft landing”, a crucial feature for all craft ranging from planetary landing of an unmanned or manned exploration module to terrestrial la
