| Name | Explanation | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| T | Stays for Sukhoj prototypes with delta wing, Ttreugolnoe krylo | T-1, T-3 and more |
| TA | Transport amphibian, Transprtnaja Amphibia | TA-1 |
| Ta | Initials of Tairov Design Bureau | Ta-1, Ta-3 |
| TAF | Transport amphibian, aerial variant , Transprtnaja Amphibia, aeroFotosjemochnyj variant | TAF |
| TAGO, TASA, TASP, TAP | Abbreviations for the Tbilisi Aviation State Plant, as found in different sources. | |
| TANTK | Taganrog Aviatsionnyj Nauchno-Tehnicheskij Kompleks , Taganrog Aviation Scientific-Technical Complex, better known to the public as Beriev KB | |
| TASS | Telegrafnoe Agenstvo Sovetskogo Souza , Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union, major governmental press center | ITAR-TASS Home Page |
| TB | Heavy bomber, Tiagiolij Bombardirovschik | TB-3, see alphabetic list for more TB's |
| TIS | Heavy escort fighter, Tiajolij Istrebitel Soprovojdenija | TIS |
| TK | Turbocharger, Turbo Kompressor | |
| TK | Heavy Cruiser, Tiazholij Krejser | TK-1, TK-4 |
| TOM | Maritime torpedo-bomber, Torpedonisets Otkrytogo Moria | TOM-1 |
| TS, тс | Transport Aircraft, Transportnyj Samoliot, транспортный самолет | TS-1 |
| TsAGI | Central Aero-Hydrodynamics Institute, Tsentralnyj Aero-Gidrodinamnicheskij Institute | see TsAGI |
| TsGVIA | Central Military Historic State Archive , Tsentralnyj Voenno-Istoricheskij Governmental Arhiv | |
| TSh | Heavy attack fighter, Tiagiolij Shturmovik | TSh-1, TSh-2, TSh-3 |
| TsIAD | Central Air Engine Institute, Tsentralnyj Institut AviaDvigatelej | |
| TsK | Central Commetee, Tsentralnyj Komitet | |
| TsKB | Central Design Bureau, Tsentralnoe Konstructorskoe Bureau" | TsKB-1, TsKB-11, TsKB-57; , see alhabetic list for more TsKB's |
| TsIAM | Central Aero Engine Institute, Tsentralnyj Institut Aviatsionnykh Motorov | See TsIAM facilities, TsIAM - CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF AVIATION MOTORS |
| TsKB MS | Central Design Bureau for Seaplanes (Seaplanes Construction), later - Beriev KB; , Tsentralnoe Konstructorskoe Bureau Morskih Samoliotov (or Morskogo Samoliotostroenija) , Used as an internal design bureau designation, sometimes clipped to MS | TsKB MS-8 |
| TsNIIMash | Central Scientific Research Institute of Machine Building, Tsentralnyj NII Mashinostroenija |
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| TsOM | Central Experimental Workshop, Tsentralnaja Opytnaya Masterskaja | |
| TsLST | Central Laboratory for Lifesaving technology, Tsentralnaja Laboratorija Spasatelnoj Tehniki | |
| TsUMVS | The central department of International Air Services [since 1972], Tsentralnoe Upravlenie Mezhdunarodnogo Vozdushnogo Soobschenija |
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| TTKh | Aircraft Tactic and Technical Characteristics, determined by TZ (see below) , Tactico-Tekhnicheskie Kharacteristiki | |
| Tu | Initials of Tupolev Design Bureau | Tu-2, Tu-14, Tu-160 |
| TTT | Tactico-Tekhnicheskie Trebovanija, Tactical and Technical Requirements. More specific specidications than TZ, often based on already existing preliminary project. | |
| TZ | (Set of) Technical Specifications, base for (aircraft) design project; , Tekhnicheskoe Zadanie | |