Russia upgrades Tu‑95MSM bomber with new avionics, navigation and engines
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The Tu‑95MSM bomber is being modernised with the Novella‑NV1.021 radar, Meteore‑NM2 defensive suite, SOI‑021 system, a new inertial navigation platform, celestial navigation and NK‑12MPM engines.
The upgrade keeps the aircraft’s counter‑rotating propellers but replaces them with 5.6‑metre‑diameter propellers that have wider blades and a modified aerodynamic profile, which increase thrust at take‑off and reduce vibrations; the bomber still carries four twin pylons for Kh‑101 cruise missiles and the modernisation aims to extend its service life until a replacement enters service.