In the early 1950s, as the threat of nuclear-armed bombers loomed over the Soviet Union, military planners realized their ...

The United State's current long-range strategic bomber inventory consists of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, the Rockwell B-1 Lancer, and the Northrup Grumman B-2 Spirit. Unlike the Soviet-era Tupolev ...

Despite being the world’s largest air force, the Soviet Air Force (Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily or VVS) was caught on the back foot ...

Russia's United Aircraft has secured regulatory approval of its modified Tupolev Tu-214, enabling the ramp-up of production ...

Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR) has gained access to sensitive data of Russia's strategic aircraft manufacturer Tupolev, a source in HUR told the Kyiv Independent on June 4. Tupolev, a ...

Russia’s air force has today received the first examples of a number of modernised strategic bombers – a Tu-160M and Tu-95MSs - following upgrade work performed by manufacturer Tupolev. Enhancement ...

ALEXEI TUPOLEV, the Russian aircraft engineer who has died aged 75, designed the first supersonic airliner to take to the air; his Tu-144 first took off from Moscow Airport on Dec 31 1968, eight weeks ...

6 Apr 2023, 20:05 UTC · By: Henry Kelsall // The Tupolev Tu-144 was the Soviet's answer to Concorde, but a crash at the 1973 Paris Airshow was just one problem that befell the troubled airliner ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a defense technology journalist, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Russia’s Tupolev is best known for building a strategic ...

Alexi Tupolev, 76, a Russian aircraft designer who helped build the first Soviet supersonic passenger jet and the Soviet space shuttle, died Saturday in Moscow. The son of aircraft pioneer Andrei ...