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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
Development / trialsDevelopment / trials
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.

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Hull / propulsion
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Dimensions
8 m length for the Vizir-M prototype shown in 2022

Historical prototype value; not applied to all later Vizir variants.

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Displacement / mass
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Payload
Monitoring systems and sonar presented as possible equipment

Equipment categories, not verified payload mass.

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Endurance
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Range
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Speed
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Sea state / environment
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Sensors
Hydrographic and maritime monitoring equipment

Prototype mission description.

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Communications / control
Uncrewed control described as a developer programme

No comprehensive public control-system specification reviewed.

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Launch / deployment
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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