Vizir / Vizir-M
A Russian uncrewed-boat development line publicly demonstrated for hydrography and modular maritime sensing; military fleet status remains unclear.
- Country / region
- Russia
- Programme status
- Development / trials
- Sources reviewed
- 21 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Sea surface
- System type
- Uncrewed surface vessel
- Developer / manufacturer
- Kingisepp Machine-Building Plant (KMZ) / Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University
- Origin / production countries
- Russia
- Other names
- Визир; Визир-М; Vizir-M
- Variants / configurations
- Vizir-M — 2022 hydrographic prototype; Vizir — modular platform displayed in 2023; later configurations require verification
- Operators / programme customers
- KMZ / university development teams; No military fleet acceptance established from the reviewed primary sources
Evidence & current status
Original Vizir/Vizir-M evidence is retained. The 2024 RK-700M-derived exhibit has its own record; its relationship to later Vizir-2M or military derivatives is not resolved by the reviewed primary sources.
Role & capabilities
- Hydrographic survey development
- Modular maritime sensing
- Uncrewed boat experimentation
Specifications in context
- Configuration
- Uncrewed modular hydrographic and sensing platform
2023 developer presentation.
Source - Hull / propulsion
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source - Dimensions
- 8 m length for the Vizir-M prototype shown in 2022
Historical prototype value; not applied to all later Vizir variants.
Source - Displacement / mass
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source - Payload
- Monitoring systems and sonar presented as possible equipment
Equipment categories, not verified payload mass.
Source - Endurance
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source - Range
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source - Speed
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source - Sea state / environment
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source - Sensors
- Hydrographic and maritime monitoring equipment
Prototype mission description.
Source - Communications / control
- Uncrewed control described as a developer programme
No comprehensive public control-system specification reviewed.
Source - Launch / deployment
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
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