The Tupolev
design bureau is known for its bomber and commercial aircraft.
Its most famous aircraft are the ANT-20 "Maxim Gorky", the
Tu-95 "Bear" turbo-prop intercontinental bomber and the
Tu-144 supersonic transport.
Note: Following the Soviet method of
designating aircraft, Tupolev was a
design bureau and not a manufacturer of aircraft. The Russian
aircraft industry is in the process of adapting itself to the new
economy by integrating design bureaus and production facilities.
History
1922: Alexei
Nickolayevich Tupolev chairs the newly formed Commission on the
Construction of Metallic Airplanes.
1936: The commission is recognized as a
design bureau and formally established as such.
1990s: Tupolev makes the transition from
design bureau to joint-stock company becoming the Tupolev
Scientific and Technological Aviation Complex (Tupolev ANTK) or
ANTK Tupolev or AO ANTK Tupolev.
