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Tupolev is successor to the Soviet Tupolev Design Bureau (OKB-156, design office prefix Tu) founded in 1922 by aerospace pioneer and engineer Andrei Tupolev, who led the company for 50 years until his death in 1972.
Tupolev OKB was founded by Andrei Tupolev in 1922. Its facilities are tailored for aeronautics research and aircraft design only, manufacturing is handled by other firms. It researched all-metal airplanes during the 1920s, based directly on the pioneering work already done by Hugo Junkers during World War I.
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Among the notable results during Tupolev's early period were two significant all-metal heavy bombers with corrugated duralumin skins, the ANT-4 twin-engined bomber which first flew in 1925 and the four-engined ANT-6 of 1932, from which such airplanes as the ANT-20 were derived (see Yefim Gordon & Vladimir Rigmant, OKB Tupolev. Hinckley, UK: Midland, 2005. pp. 22–28 & 30–34). Tupolev's design approach in these two airplanes defined for many years the trends of heavy aircraft development, civil and military.
During World War II, the twin-engined, all-metal Tu-2 was one of the best front-line bombers of the Soviets. Several variants of it were produced in large numbers from 1942. During the war it used wooden rear fuselages due to a shortage of metal.
This was succeeded by the development of the jet-powered Tu-16 bomber, which used a sweptback wing for good subsonic performance.
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 Tupolev Headquarters at the shore of the Yauza river in Moscow |
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| Native name | Конструкторское бюро «Туполев» |
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| Company type | Division |
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| Founded | 22 October 1922; 101 years ago |
| Founder | Andrei Tupolev |
| Fate | merged into United Aircraft Corporation |
| Headquarters | Academician Tupolev Embankment 17, Basmanny District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow, Russia |
| Key people | Ronis Sharipov, director general |
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| Revenue | $437 million (2017) |
| Operating income | $37.4 million (2017) |
| Net income | −$1.78 million (2017) |
| Total assets | $3.01 billion (2017) |
| Total equity | $1.36 billion (2017) |
| Number of employees | 3524 (2011) |
| Parent | United Aircraft Corporation |
| Website | tupolev |
Tupolev Commercial Aircraft:
Tupolev Tu-104 Camel / Tupolev Tu-114 Rossiya "Cleat" / Tupolev Tu-134 Crusty /
Tupolev Tu-154 Careless / Tupolev Tu-144 Charger / Tupolev Tu 334 / Tupolev Tu-204/214
Tupolev Military Aircraft:
Tupolev Tu-2 Bat / Tupolev Tu-4 Bull / Tupolev Tu-16 Badger / Tupolev Tu-95 Bear
Tupolev Tu-142 Bear-F/J / Tupolev Tu-160 White Swan / Tupolev Tu-22 Blinder
Tupolev Tu-28 Fidler / Tupolev Tu-22M3 Backfire / Tupolev PAK-Da Poslannik
Post-Soviet Era Tupolev Tu-204. With the end of the Cold War, research work was concentrated on subsonic civil aircraft, mainly on operating economics and alternative fuels. The developments include fly-by-wire, use of efficient high-bypass turbofans and advanced aerodynamic layouts for the 21st century transport aircraft such as the Tu-204/Tu-214, Tu-330 and Tu-334. Among Tupolev projects from the 1990s to the 2000s: further development of Tu-204/214 and TU-334 aircraft family development of cargo aircraft Tu-330, regional and executive Tu-324 aircraft research on practical aspects of aircraft operation using alternative fuels modernization of Russian Naval Aviation and Air Force At the MAKS-2003 airshow, Tupolev revealed the Tu-444 supersonic business jet concept; development was intended to start in the first half of 2004, however nothing further came of the program. In early 2023 United Aircraft Corporation confirmed it would get Tupolev to produce 20 aircraft a year of the TU-214 variant and to develop a freighter version to meet Russia's needs
Tupolev (Russian: Туполев, IPA: officially Public Joint Stock Company Tupolev, is a Russian aerospace and defence company
Tupolev Tu-2 (development names ANT-58 and 103; NATO reporting name Bat) is a twin-engined Soviet high-speed daylight and frontline bomber
Tupolev Tu-4 (Russian: Туполев Ту-4; NATO reporting name: Bull) is a piston-engined Soviet strategic bomber that served the Soviet Air Force
Tupolev Tu-204 is a twin-engined jet airliner capable of carrying 210 passengers.
Tupolev Tu-160 (Russian: Туполев Ту-160 romanized: Bely Lebed, lit. 'White Swan';[
Tupolev PAK DA or PAK DA (Russian:complex for long-range aviation''), codename Poslannik
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| Tupolev Tu-160 in flight over Russia, August 2005 | |
| Role | Supersonic strategic heavy bomber |
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| National origin | Soviet Union / Russia |
| Design group | Tupolev |
| Built by | Kazan Aircraft Production Association |
| First flight | 18 December 1981 |
| Introduction | April 1987 |
| Status | In service |
| Primary users | Russian Aerospace Forces Soviet Air Forces (historical) Ukrainian Air Force (historical) |
| Produced | 1984–1992, 2002, 2008, 2017, 2021–present |
| Number built | 41 (9 test and 32 serial) |
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