the design documentation for the Tu-160M has been digitalized in short order, the technology of vacuum welding for titanium parts has been restored, production of the plane’s airframe has been ...

Under a state contract signed to implement the program, the Industry and Trade Ministry and the Tupolev Aircraft Company fully digitized the design documentation on the Tu-160M bomber within the ...

According to the Ukrainian website Defense Express and WP Tech, the additional bombers will come from Soviet-era stockpiles ...

The nature of the upgrade to the Tu-160M has not been detailed, but the type is once again making its presence felt in the ongoing Russia-U.S. standoff.

The Russian Aerospace Forces have received the initial modernized United Aircraft Corp. Tupolev Tu-160M strategic bomber, the first major upgrade of the variable-sweep long-range aircraft that ...

The original engine on the Tu-160 — the NK-32 — is already a powerful engine, providing 55,000 lbs of thrust. The B-1B Lancer, on the other hand, only generates about 31,000 pounds of thrust.

Russia has renewed its offer to supply India with heavy bombers, now including the advanced Tu-160M "White Swan," defence.in.