Tu-160 strategic bomber. File photoMOSCOW, Jan 22The Ministry of Industry and Trade asked the Moscow Arbitration Court to recover more than 5.8 billion rubles from PJSC Tupolev under one of the contracts for the manufacture of the modernized Tu-160M strategic bomber-missile carrier, follows from the published ruling of the court. The claim was submitted to the court on January 13. It stated a claim for the recovery of a penalty under a state contract dated December 28, 2015. Preliminary hearings in the case are scheduled for February 18. The first newly built Tu-160M missile carrier made its debut flightThe Tu-160 aircraft reproduction program in a modernized Tu -160M deployed by decision of the President. To do this, the design documentation was completely digitized, the technology for vacuum welding of titanium products was restored, and the production of airframe units was resumed. The work is being carried out in cooperation with advanced enterprises of metallurgy, aircraft building, mechanical engineering and instrument making, most of which are part of Rostec. On January 12, the state corporation announced that the first newly manufactured Tu-160M strategic bomber-missile carrier made its debut flight. The plane took off from the airfield of the Kazan Aviation Plant (a branch of Tupolev PJSC), the flight took place at an altitude of 600 meters and lasted about 30 minutes. using modernized engines, modernized aircraft control systems, navigation systems, weapons control systems.
