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-14 rocket engine designed and built in 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 1990s. Current plans include fitting them onto Taurus II rocket developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation.
• 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.

External links

• Official Website (in Russian)