Kuznetsov NK-144

NK-144
NK-144 engine on a pedestal near the building of KAI in Kazan.
TypeTurbofan
National originSoviet Union
ManufacturerKuznetsov Design Bureau
First runJuly 1964
Major applicationsTupolev Tu-144
Developed intoNK-22

The Kuznetsov NK-144 is an afterburning turbofan engine made by the Soviet Kuznetsov Design Bureau. Used on the early models of the Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic aircraft, it was very inefficient and was replaced with the Kolesov RD-36-51 turbojet engine.

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