Thrustworks Dynetics Pvt. Ltd. inaugurated an Integrated Rocket Facility (IRF) in Pune, marking the commissioning of a private facility that brings rocket propulsion integration, manufacturing, and hot-fire testing under one roof. The company said initial test runs at the facility have already been completed, enabling it to shorten development and validation timelines for liquid rocket engines used in space and defence applications.
The IRF is designed to support end-to-end propulsion system activities, including subsystem integration, ground testing, and hot-fire trials. The company stated that the facility is intended to reduce dependence on dispersed testing infrastructure and improve turnaround time for engine development programmes.
The inauguration event was attended by senior figures from India’s aerospace and defence ecosystem, including Prateek Kishore, Director General (Technical), Armament and Combat Engineering Systems at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO); S. Joseph, former Project Director at ISRO Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre; Guru Prasad Biswal, Chief Executive Officer, Aerospace Business at Bharat Forge; Pramod Kale, former Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre; and Manish Bhardwaj, Technical Advisor to the Secretary, Defence Research and Development and Chairman, DRDO.
Prateek Kishore, Director General (Technical), Armament and Combat Engineering Systems at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said the emergence of new private engineering companies was strengthening India’s development capabilities by combining technical rigour with faster execution. Biswal said the commissioning of the facility reflected the company’s ability to translate an early-stage concept into operational infrastructure within a short timeframe.
Thrustworks Dynetics is focused on liquid rocket propulsion systems for launch vehicles and defence applications. The company’s core product is the ANYA liquid rocket engine platform, which uses a kerosene and liquid oxygen propellant combination. The engine is manufactured as a single-metal, additively manufactured unit and is designed to deliver thrust in the range of 20 kilonewtons to 30 kilonewtons, with a thrust-to-weight ratio of more than 100, according to information shared by the company.
In addition to the new IRF, Thrustworks has developed a mobile rocket engine test bed that allows flexible hot-fire testing outside fixed government test stands. The company positions its business model as providing propulsion systems to other launch vehicle developers rather than building complete rockets, offering modular engines and associated engineering support to reduce development cycles.
Thrustworks Dynetics said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Center (IN-SPACe) to access Indian Space Research Organisation facilities and technical reviews. The company also collaborates with industrial partners including Bharat Forge, Godrej Aerospace, and INOX CVA.
Founded in 2023, Thrustworks Dynetics Pvt. Ltd. is headquartered in Pune and specialises in the design and development of liquid rocket propulsion systems for space and defence applications. The company is incubated at the Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at IIT Bombay and raised INR 70 million in a seed funding round in October 2025 led by Jamwant Ventures and Piper Serica.