Tupolev (, ) is a
Russian aerospace and defence company, headquartered in
Basmanny District,
Central Administrative Okrug,
Moscow. Known officially as
Joint Stock Company Tupolev, it is the successor of the Tupolev
OKB or
Tupolev Design Bureau (OKB-156, design office prefix
Tu) headed by the Soviet aerospace engineer
A.N. Tupolev. The company celebrated its 90th anniversary on October 22, 2012. The Russian government merged Tupolev with
Mikoyan,
Ilyushin,
Irkut,
Sukhoi, and
Yakovlev as a new company named
United Aircraft Corporation.