On February 21, Russian President Putin inspected the Kazan Air Factory, which is manufacturing an advanced Tu-160M strategic bomber.
Tu-160 strategic bomber is called "white swan" because of its elegant appearance. It was developed in the 1970s.It is the most powerful supersonic bomber in the world.The Kazan Aviation Plant began to produce this bombers in batches in 1984. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the production of Tu-160 also stopped.However, the factory continues to provide maintenance and maintenance for the "white swan" serving the Russian Air Sky Army.Many years later, this elegant strategic bomber found the second life here.
According to the director of design and technology workshop Alexander Romanovsky, during service, the avionics equipment of the Tu-160 became becameOver time, the Russian Air Forces demands on such strategic bombers have also changed.In addition, some parts were previously produced in the Soviet Union, but all these manufacturers have changed.As a result, Russia decided to conduct in-depth modernization transformation of the Tu-160.
Roman Danovsky said: "We have replaced most devices, including automatic machine load control systems, fuel management systems, aviation, aviationSystem and weapon control system. The new information and control system has replaced the old-fashioned simulation instrument, and the cockpit is completely digital. "
Demitri Cosesov, deputy station director of the flight test station and the head of the air service department, said that only experts can distinguish the map-160m and old models through the appearance.He explained: "It is already a completely different aircraft, the body structure remains unchanged, but the flight and manipulation characteristics have been improved, and the work of the crew has become easier."
In the assembly workshop of the Tu-160M strategic bomber, you can see that the body of another bomber is connected.From the perspective of appearance, this picture-160m has shown what we are familiar with.According to Alexeh Sharon Ding, the deputy director of the fuselage production, the airborne equipment of the bomber has been installed.
In 2018, the Russian President determined the plan to re-organize the production of a new Tu-160 strategic bomber.This is a huge challenge for the Republic of Kazan Air Plant.They have not implemented such scale since the Soviet era.The re -production of "White Swan" has become the driving force for the modernization of the entire Kazan Air Plant.
This aircraft must be made of new technology, and the production cycle must be shortened. This must digitize all design drawings.There are many difficulties in mastering the production technology of Tu-160, and some production capacity has been lost or lost to Russia due to the disintegration of the Soviet Union.The biggest difficulty is the welding process of making the central beam of the aircraft. Fortunately, all difficulties are quickly resolved.
In January 2022, the newly produced Tu-160M strategic bomber made the first flight at the Kazan Air Factory Airport, the aircraft climbed to 600Mi height, and several simple maneuvers, the entire test flight lasted about half an hour.
During Putins inspection of the Kazan Air Plant, I entered a huge hangar and watched the four pictures of deep modernization--160M strategic bomber.They can carry air -ray nuclear weapons, an important part of the Russian Federal Federations "Trinity" nuclear force.Putin also entered the cockpit of one of the Tu-160M bomber and carried out a 10-minute experience.After learning that the bomber had not yet been named, Putin proposed the name of the first leader of the Republic of Pedan, Mintemel Samiyev.
