Tupolev to launch ‘innovation center’ to upgrade Tu-214 airliner
Amid Western sanctions following the military invasion of Ukraine, the Russian government has been looking for domestic alternatives…
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Russia may send a Tu-160 bomber to an air show in South Africa
Russia plans to send a Tupolev Tu-160 nuclear bomber to Africa Aerospace and Defense 2024, which will take…
Russia plans to upgrade the Tu-214 airliner
The Tu-214 jetliner, created by Tupolev in the late 1980s, has become very important for air travel in…
Russian factory plans to deliver first Tu-214 commercial jets in 2024
The Kazan Aviation Plant (KAPO), located about 700 km east of Moscow, is expected to begin deliveries of…
Cubana de Aviación takes back a Tupolev Tu-204 jet
The state-owned airline Cubana de Aviación has recovered one of its four Tupolev Tu-204 jets. The single-aisle aircraft…
Russian Tupolev Tu-22M3 bomber destroyed by Ukrainian drone
A Tupolev Tu-22M3 bomber, one of the most powerful Russian aircraft, was destroyed in a drone attack on…
Russia leans on upgraded Tu-22M3 and Tu-160M bombers as it waits for PAK DA “flying wing”
The Russian Air Force hopes to have the long-awaited PAK DA in the future, a stealth bomber in…
Russia tests PAK DA stealth bomber engines
Russia says it has advanced with static tests of the engine that will equip the PAK DA, a…
Alleged Russian stealth bomber appears in patent images
A patent application filed with the Federal Intellectual Property Service of Russia, on behalf of the manufacturer Tupolev,…
Russia to spend $300 million to get 11 old jets back in flight
The technological backlash in Russian commercial aviation took a further turn this week with the Ministry of Industry…
Russia claims to have restarted production of old Tu-214 jets
The Russian state group United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) announced last week the resumption of production of 20 Tupolev…
Russia hints it can resume production of jetliners from the days of the Soviet Union
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov said on Wednesday that, if necessary, the state-owned United Aircraft Corporation (UAC)…
A new Tu-160 bomber takes to the skies 40 years after first flight
Tupolev on Wednesday carried out the maiden flight of a new Tu-160M supersonic bomber at its facilities in…
Stealth bomber PAK DA prototypes are being assembled, Russian minister says
The PAK DA, the first Russian stealth bomber, is already in the process of producing prototypes, revealed the…
PAK DA stealth bomber’s design reportedly approved by Russia
The Russian Ministry of Defense would have approved the final design of the stealth bomber PAK DA, said…
Russia to join MiG and Sukhoi in a single company
Russia intends to bring its main aeronautical companies together in a single organization in order to reduce costs…
‘Soviet 727’, Tu-154 aircraft is retired in Russia
One of the Soviet Union’s best-known and most important commercial planes ended its career in Russia on Wednesday.…
Nearly 68 years old, Russian bomber Tupolev Tu-95 gets updated version
When ‘Bear’ first took off in November 1952, Joseph Stalin was still the premier of the Soviet Union,…
Comet or Tu-104: what was the first commercial jet in the world?
Exactly 65 years ago, the Tupolev Tu-104 took off for the first time on June 17, 1955. The…
Tupolev begins construction of PAK DA, the first Russian stealth bomber
Russia has started construction of PAK DA (Perspective Aviation Complex for Long-Range Aviation), the country’s first stealth…