Tupolev (Russian: Туполев ) is a company Russian of defense and aerospace design. Its official name is PSC Tupolev and it is the successor of the research department and engineering (OKB) directed by the famous Soviet engineer A.N. Tupolev. The Tupolev company celebrated its 80 years of existence the October 22nd 2002.

The sphere of activity of the company Tupolev PSC is mainly the development, the construction and the revision of civil planes and military. It also deals with technologies concerning the Missile S and the naval air force. Since its foundation, it concluded more than 300 projects, and more than 18000 planes were produced for the the USSR and the Eastern bloc.

History

In 1922, Andreï Nikolaïevitch Tupolev founds the Commission of Construction of Metal Planes. In 1936, this commission is recognized like a research department and of engineering.

Years 1990: Tupolev becomes Complexe Technological Scientist and of the Aviation Tupolev (Tupolev ANTK) or ANTK Tupolev or AO ANTK Tupolev.

Produced planes

Planes with pistons:

• Tupolev ANT-4

• Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorky
• Tupolev ANT-25
• Tupolev I-14
• Tupolev TB-1
• Tupolev TB-3
• Tupolev SB-2
• Tupolev You-2 “Beats”
• Tupolev You-4 “Bull”
• Tupolev You-10

experimental Planes:

• Tupolev T-1

• Tupolev You-6
• Tupolev You-8
• Tupolev You-12
• Tupolev You-70
• Tupolev You-72
• Tupolev You-73
• Tupolev You-74
• Tupolev You-75
• Tupolev You-80
• Tupolev You-82
• Tupolev You-85 “Barge”
• Tupolev You-91 “Boot”
• Tupolev You-93
• Tupolev You-96
• Tupolev You-98 “Backfin”
• Tupolev You-107
• Tupolev You-110
• Tupolev You-116
• Tupolev You-119
• Tupolev Tu-155
• Tupolev Tu-156
• Tupolev You-206
• Tupolev You-216

Bombers and other military aircrafts:

• Tupolev You-14 Bosun

• Tupolev You-16
• Tupolev You-20 Bear, Tupolev You-20/Tu-95/Tu-142 Bear
• Tupolev You-22 To armor
• Tupolev You-22M Backfire
• Tupolev You-126 Moss
• Tupolev You-160 Blackjack

Hunters:

• Tupolev You-28/Tu-102/Tu-128P “Fiddler”

Airliners or of transport:

• Tupolev You-104 “Camel”

• Tupolev You-114 “Cleat”
• Tupolev You-124 “Cookpot”
• Tupolev You-134 “Crusty”]
• Tupolev You-144 “To charge” or “Concordsky”
• Tupolev You-154 “Careless”
• Tupolev You-204
• Tupolev You-214
• Tupolev You-330
• Tupolev You-334

Missiles, drones, etc

• Tupolev You-121 “C”

• Tupolev You-123 “Yastreb-1”
• Tupolev You-139 “Yastreb-2”
• Tupolev You-141 “Strizh”
• Tupolev You-143 “Reis”
• Tupolev You-243 “Reis-D”
• Tupolev You-300

See too

• History of aviation

• List of the civil aircrafts
• List of the military aircrafts

External bonds

• Official site

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