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The Tu-116, like the Tu-114, was based on the Tu-95 strategic bomber. Both airliners were developed in parallel with the Tu-116 taking priority due to the numerous visits of General Secretary Nikita Khrushchev to both Western and Eastern countries during the so-called Khrushchev Thaw. The aircraft's mission was to transport the head of state ...
The Tupolev Tu-95 (Russian: Туполев Ту-95; NATO reporting name: "Bear") is a large, four-engine turboprop-powered strategic bomber and missile platform. First flown in 1952, the Tu-95 entered service with the Long-Range Aviation of the Soviet Air Forces in 1956 and was first used in combat in 2015.
Tu-230 (also known as Tu-260): hypersonic attack aircraft project, 1983 Tu-230 : twin-engine military cargo transport; cancelled in favor of Ilyushin Il-214 Tu-244 : SST concept developed from the Tu-144, 1979
"Aircraft 97" – Twin-engined long-range bomber development project of Tu-16 with two RD-5 engines. "Aircraft 103" – Supersonic bomber development project of Tu-16 with four VD-7 AM-13 engines. Badger A (Tu-16) – This is the basic configuration of the Tu-16 bomber deployed in 1954 to replace the Tu-4. Several modified models of this ...
In response to a directive No.1561-868 from the Council of Ministers and Ministry of Aircraft Production order No.571, issued in August 1955, the Tupolev Design Bureau was to create an airliner that had a range of 8,000 km (4,971 mi), based on the Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bomber, powered by four Kuznetsov NK-12 engines driving contra-rotating propellers.
Russian President Vladimir Putin flew on a modernised Tu-160M nuclear-capable strategic bomber on Thursday, in a move likely to be seen in the West as a pointed reminder of Moscow's nuclear ...
Tupolev Tu-82 experimental swept-wing jet bomber; Tupolev Tu-85 long-range heavy bomber derivative of the Tu-4; Tupolev Tu-86 long-range jet bomber project; Tupolev Tu-91 prototype naval attack aircraft; Tupolev Tu-95 long-range strategic bomber; also known as Aircraft 'V' Tupolev Tu-95LAL nuclear-powered bomber developed from the Tu-95M
The Tupolev Design Bureau was ordered to design an AEW&C aircraft. After trying to fit the projected radar instrumentation in a Tu-95 and a Tu-116, a decision was made to use the Tupolev Tu-114 with its wider fuselage instead. This solved problems with cooling and operator space that existed with the narrower Tu-95 and Tu-116 designs.