A new digital mission avionics suite and large-screen cockpit displays are installed, as is a new NV-70M Novella radar and electronic warfare suite. A partially-modernized prototype flew in January 2018, and the first aircraft fully upgraded with these systems took to the air in February 20...
In thecockpitand cabins, all the data is presented on conventional electro-mechanical indicators and monitors, and not head-up displays or cathode ray tube displays. The Tu-160 has a control stick for flight control, as used in a fighter aircraft, rather than control wheels or yokes, which ...
In addition to new engines, the Tu-160M upgrade also includes new cockpit electronics. "The aircraft has successfully passed factory tests," Rostec said in a statement. "Today the new missile carrier has been transferred to the Tupolev flight test base for preparation for the next stage of ...