Engineering:List of nuclear-powered aircraft

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Below is a list of nuclear powered aircraft and concepts:

Name or designation Manufacturer Role Nationality Period Notability
9M730 Burevestnik[1][2][3]

[4]

Cruise Missile  Russia 2018
Bell D-1007 Bell Textron Helicopter  United States 1950s
Convair Model 23[5][6] Convair Bomber  United States 1950s
Convair N-1 Convair Bomber  United States 1950s
Convair N-2 Convair Bomber  United States 1950s
Convair NB-36H[7][1] Convair Bomber  United States 1950s
Convair NX-2 CAMAL[8] Convair Bomber  United States 1950s
Convair X-6[9][10] Convair Bomber  United States 1950s
De Havilland NP-3 De Havilland Bomber  United Kingdom 1950s
De Havilland NP-4 De Havilland Bomber  United Kingdom 1950s
Douglas Model 26[11] Douglas Aircraft Corporation Bomber  United States 1950s
Douglas WS-125A Douglas Aircraft Corporation Bomber  United States 1950s
Fedorov nuclear plane Fedorov Spaceplane/Helicopter concept  Soviet Union 1920s
Hughes Interceptor Hughes Aircraft Corporation Interceptor  United States 1950s
Lockheed CL-195 Lockheed Corporation  United States 1950s
Lockheed CL-1201[12] Lockheed Corporation Transport  United States 1960s
Lockheed L-248-3[13] Lockheed Corporation  United States 1950s
Myasischev M-30[14] Myasischev  Soviet Union 1950s
Myasischev M-60[15] Myasischev  Soviet Union 1950s
Northrop N-34[16] Northrop Corporation  United States 1950s
Northrop N-108[17] Northrop Corporation  United States 1950s
Supersonic Low Altitude Missile[1]  United States 1964
Tupolev Tu-95LAL[1] Tupolev  Soviet Union 1950s
WS-125[18]  United States 1950s

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Trakimavičius, Lukas. "The Future Role of Nuclear Propulsion in the Military" (in en). https://enseccoe.org/data/public/uploads/2021/10/d1_the-future-role-of-nuclear-propulsion-in-the-military.pdf. 
  2. ↑ Panda, Ankit [@nktpnd] (20 November 2018). "Update from a source: Russia's Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile has a NATO designator – SSC-X-9 SKYFALL. (USIC also calls this missile the KY30.)". https://twitter.com/nktpnd/status/1064991343624237059. 
  3. ↑ "Russian nuclear engineers buried after 'Skyfall nuclear' blast". Al Jazeera. 13 August 2019. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/russian-nuclear-engineers-buried-skyfall-nuclear-blast-190813025930755.html. 
  4. ↑ Lendon, Brad (20 July 2018). "Russia shows off new weapons after Trump summit". CNN. https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/20/europe/russia-new-weapons-videos-intl/index.html. 
  5. ↑ Bradley, Robert, 2010. Convair Advanced Designs: Secret Projects from San Diego 1923-1962. North Branch, MN: Specialty Press.
  6. ↑ Buttler, Tony (2010). American Secret Projects: Bombers, Attack and Anti-Submarine Aircraft 1945 to 1974. Hinckley, England: Midland Publishing. ISBN:978-1-85780-331-0.
  7. ↑ "Convair NB-36H "The Crusader"". National Museum of the US Air Force. 2009-06-26. http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=2556. 
  8. ↑ "NX-2_ANP_1951-1961_Convair_Nuclear_Propulsion_Jet.PDF". https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B12WsCOCGAvKYTh3UDV3UGNxMzA/edit?resourcekey=0-a9iXmTkZ9ZJoAlKeMMQrgA. 
  9. ↑ Atomic Energy Commission and Department of Defense (February 1963). Report to the Congress of the United States – Review of manned aircraft nuclear propulsion program. The Comptroller General of the United States. p. 141. http://www.fas.org/nuke/space/anp-gao1963.pdf. Retrieved January 24, 2012. 
  10. ↑ "Nuclear Powered Aircraft", Radiation works, Brookings Institution, http://www.radiationworks.com/flyingreactor.htm .
  11. ↑ AMERICAN SECRET PROJECTS BOMBERS, ATTACK AND ANTI-SUBMARINE AIRCRAFT 1945 TO 1974, page 94.
  12. ↑ Rose, Bill; Secret Projects: Flying Wings and Tailless Aircraft. Hinckley, UK: Midland Publishing, 2010. ISBN:978-1-85780-320-4.
  13. ↑ Secret Projects: Flying Wings and Tailless Aircraft
  14. ↑ "M-30 Draft strategic bomber - RedStar". https://www.redstar.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2554:m-30-draft-strategic-bomber&catid=462&lang=en&Itemid=533. 
  15. ↑ "М-60 В.М.Мясищева". http://www.testpilot.ru/russia/myasishchev/m/60/. 
  16. ↑ Flying Wings and Radical Things, page 262.
  17. ↑ Flying Wings and Radical Things, page 262.
  18. ↑ "Aviation History: The airplane that never was". January 1, 2018. https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2018/january/pilot/aviation-history. 



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