List of Military Aircraft of The Soviet Union and The CIS - Experimental

Experimental
Antonov
Designation Total In Service NATO Name Remarks
An-74 AEW 1 - Madcap aka "An-71"; cancelled prototype AEW variant of the 1980s.
Beriev
Designation Total In Service NATO Name Remarks
A-60 2 - - Experimental Il-76MD-based aircraft armed with a laser weapon; first flew with laser in 1983, but was written off after a ground fire in 1988; a second prototype languished for lack of funding until it flew in 2002; current status unknown.
Bisnovat
Designation Total In Service NATO Name Remarks
Bisnovat 5 2 - - 2 prototype rocket-powered, high-speed research aircraft; flew 1948-1949 before program was abandoned.
Mikoyan-Gurevich / Mikoyan
Designation Total In Service NATO Name Remarks
I-270 2 - None 2 prototype rocket-powered interceptor aircraft developed in 1945 for the point-defense role, but both crashed and the program was cancelled.
MiG 1.44 1 - Flatpack Fighter technology demonstrator.
Mil
Designation Total In Service NATO Name Remarks
Mi-12 2 - Homer Only 2 prototypes built of this late-1960s tail-rotor-less design; world's largest helicopter.
Myasishchev
Designation Total In Service NATO Name Remarks
M-50/M-52 2 - Bounder 1 prototype of each supersonic intercontinental bomber was built and flown before the program was cancelled in 1960.
OKB-1
Designation Total In Service NATO Name Remarks
EF 140 1 - - Prototype bomber and reconnaissance aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by captured German engineers from the Junkers factory; 1 prototype produced and flown in 1949.
Sukhoi
Designation Total In Service NATO Name Remarks
Su-47 "Berkut" 1 - Firkin Forward-swept wing technology demonstrator; formerly designated S-37.
T-4 1 - - A supersonic reconnaissance-strike aircraft, with a secondary interceptor role; similar to the North American B-70 Valkyrie; only 1 prototype flew before the program was canceled ca. 1974-1975.
Tupolev
Designation Total In Service NATO Name Remarks
I-12 1 - - An attack fighter armed with two recoilless 76 mm cannons incorporated in its two hollow tail booms; a single prototype was built in 1931.
Yakovlev
Designation Total In Service NATO Name Remarks
Yak-36 4 - Freehand Experimental supersonic multirole VTOL aircraft of the 1960s; 4 built, but only 2 as flying prototypes; led to the Yak-38 'Forger'.
Yak-141 4 - Freestyle Technology demonstrator for a multirole VTOL aircraft; 4 built, but only 2 as flying prototypes; program cancelled in 1991 due to lack of funds.

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