The Tupolev design, named Aircraft 160M, with a lengthened blended wing layout and incorporating some elements of the Tu-144, competed against the Myasishchev M-18 and the Sukhoi T-4 designs.
Tupolevo dizainas pavadintas „Aircraft 160M“, su prailgintais sparnais ir Tu-144 įtrauktomis savybėmis, konkuravo su Miasiščev M-18 ir Sukhoi T-4 dizainais.