NK Engines Company

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-33 rocket engine designed and built in the 1970s for the ill-fated Soviet Lunar mission. More than 150 engines were produced and stored in a warehouse ever since, with 36 engines having been sold to Aerojet General in the 1990s. Two NK-33 derived engines (Aerojet AJ-26) are used in the first stage of the Antares rocket developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation. The Antares rocket was successfully launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on April 21, 2013. This marked the first successful launch of the NK-33 heritage engines built in the early 1970s.^[1]
• 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.
• RD-107A liquid rocket engine. Powers the boosters of the R-7 family including the Soyuz-FG and Soyuz-2.^[2]
• RD-108A liquid rocket engine. Powers the core stage of the R-7 family including the Soyuz-FG and Soyuz-2.^[2]

References

External links

• Official Website (in Russian)