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The engines of the second stage for the Tu-160. About contract to NK-32-02

Defense Ministry signed a contract with PJSC “Kuznetsov” (Samara) supply 22 engines NK-32-02 (second series) to be installed on the upgraded missile-bombers Tu-160, said General Director of the Joint Engine Corporation Alexander Artyukhov.

Двигатели второго этапа для Ту-160. О контракте на НК-32-02

Besides, to end 2018 year, the Russian Ministry of Defense will receive an initial batch of new engines of the NK-32 type of the second stage in the amount of 4 pcs, manufactured at the enterprise. Currently, all products of the pilot batch, under the control of representatives of the Russian military department, are undergoing bench tests in order to determine the readiness of the enterprise for their mass production..

Production of Soviet turbojet engines NK-32, installed on Tu-160 “White Swan”, was discontinued after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but now it has been decided to resume their production, but already in a modernized version (NK-32-02). New engine on 10% more economical than the old, which on average gives an increase in the flight range of the modernized Tu-160 by a thousand kilometers.

The United Engine Corporation plans to increase the number of aircraft and industrial gas turbine engines manufactured and repaired to 200 products to 2025 year.

                          
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