Of the Tu-95’s iconic physical features, its roaring engines are among the most noticeable. Contra-rotating propellers spin at supersonic speeds at their tips, generating a sound so loud that it ...

Its distinctive contra-rotating propellers generate a unique acoustic signature—an unmistakable marker on NORAD’s monitoring systems. While not stealthy or fast compared to modern jets, the Tu-95’s ...

Experts are testing a variety of innovations, including large battery packs, retractable sails, air lubrication systems, contra-rotating propellers and an energy-optimised hull. Partners on the ...

It was putting large battery packs, retractable sails, air lubrication systems, contra-rotating propellers and an energy-optimised hull to the test. Hurtigruten has said it wants to design a ship ...

(Image credit: Wikimedia Commons) Other flying wing concepts from Northrop included the N-2B/XP-56 Black Bullet, which would be the first aircraft to utilize pusher contra-rotating propellers.

Images of a massive plume of flame and smoke went viral last week after the attack on Russia's Engels-2 military air base, in the Saratov region, which is used by Russia to launch Tu-95 and Tu-160 ...

A United States Air Force F-35A fighter jet, left, intercepts a Russian Tu-95 bomber over the Bering Sea on February 18, 2025. A United States Air Force F-35A fighter jet, left, intercepts a ...

One of the latest developments is a pair of co-axial contra-rotating propellers (CRP), now at sea on two Japanese VLCCs. The CRPs are reportedly returning a gain of over 14 percent; really ...

A joint venture, comprising NYK, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, MISC Berhad, and China LNG Shipping (Holdings), has held a naming ceremony for a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier for QatarEnergy ...

Regardless of what ultimately happens with this story, the fact of the matter is that Russia’s position around the world—even after three years of crushing sanctions and attrition warfare in ...

Retractable sails, air lubrication systems, contra-rotating propellers and an energy-optimised hull are some of the features currently being tested by Hurtigruten as part of its Sea Zero project. The ...