Ilyushin Il-102

The Ilyushin Il-102 was a Soviet experimental jet-powered ground-attack aircraft designed by Ilyushin. In 1967 the Soviet Air Forces drew up a specification for a jet-powered armoured attack aircraft, and while Sukhoi designed the all-new single-seat Su-25, Ilyushin proposed a modified version of its 1953 Il-40 under the designation Il-42, a two-seat aircraft with a remotely controlled rear gun turret. That design was rejected, and the Il-102 followed as a low-winged monoplane with moderately swept wings of 30 degrees, powered by two Klimov RD-33I turbofans, non-afterburning versions of the engines that power the MiG-29. It crewed two. The type was never chosen for production, being surpassed by the Su-25, and only a few development prototypes were built.