Tupolev PAK DA

The Tupolev PAK DA, short for Perspektivnyi aviatsionnyi kompleks dalney aviatsii (prospective aviation complex for long-range aviation) and code-named Poslannik, is a next-generation stealth strategic bomber being developed by Tupolev for the Long-Range Aviation branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces. It is meant to complement and eventually replace the Tupolev Tu-95. Requirements were handed to the Tupolev Design Bureau in December 2007 and the design settled on a subsonic flying wing emphasising stealth over speed. The stated parameters include an operational range of 12,000 km, up to 30 hours in the air, payloads up to 30 tons of conventional or nuclear weapons and a crew of four. The Kazan KAPO plant was chosen in 2015 to build it, and an engine derived from the Kuznetsov NK-32 was contracted in 2018. As of June 2025 no completed prototype had been reported.