NK Engines Company
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The NK Engines Company is a Russian aircraft engine company succeeding the Soviet Kuznetsov Design Bureau.
Currently producing (and has produced) engines in use (including Kuznetsov engines):
- Kuznetsov NK-8 turbofan. Powers the original Ilyushin Il-62,A-90 Orlyonok ekranoplan and the Tupolev Tu-154A and B models.
- Kuznetsov NK-12 contra rotating turboprop. Powers all the versions of the Tupolev Tu-95, Tupolev Tu-114, Tupolev Tu-126, Antonov An-22 and the A-90 Orlyonok ekranoplan.
- Kuznetsov NK-14 nuclear powered engine. Powered the inboard engine of the prototype Tupolev Tu-119 nuclear powered aircraft; a modified version of the Tupolev Tu-95.
- Kuznetsov NK-86 turbofan. Upgraded version of the NK-8, powers the Ilyushin Il-86 and the Tupolev Tu-155 hydrogen and LNG powered aircraft.
- Kuznetsov NK-87 turbojet. Powers the Lun-class ekranoplan
- Kuznetsov NK-144 afterburning turbofan. Powered the early models of the Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic transport.
- Kuznetsov NK-321 afterburning turbofan. Powers the Tupolev Tu-160 and the later models of the Tupolev Tu-144.
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