| 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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