Role & capabilities
- One-way aircraft
- Onboard video camera
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- One-way aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- ANO NPC Ushkuynik
- Origin / production countries
- Russia
- Other names
- Knyaz Vandal Novgorodsky
- Variants / configurations
- Configuration not separately identified in the reviewed source
- Operators / programme customers
- Russia
Evidence & current status
Identified in Ukrainian intelligence records of Russian systems. Attribution and configuration come from a party to the conflict; no independent fleet-wide performance validation is claimed.
Role & programme
A Russian FPV aircraft family identified by Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence as using a fibre-optic control link.
The recovered-aircraft record provides a named system and manufacturer attribution. This is evidence from a party to the conflict and is labelled accordingly. The public record does not establish one universal configuration or a complete performance envelope for the whole family. Fibre-optic control describes the communications category, not invulnerability or a guarantee of mission success.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe | FPV multirotor family | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source |
| Launch / recovery | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source |
| Propulsion | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source |
| Dimensions | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source |
| Mass | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source |
| Endurance | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source |
| Range | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source |
| Speed | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source |
| Altitude | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source |
| Payload | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source |
| Sensors | Onboard video camera | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source |
| Communications / navigation | Fibre-optic control link identified in recovered examples | Published supplier specification; configuration and conditions affect performance. Source |
Publication history
- — Expanded catalogue profile with sourced specifications, variant distinctions, programme evidence and explicit public data gaps.
Suggest a correction to this entry
Follow the evidence
Source types identify who makes the claim. Programme milestones and supplier statements should be read in context.
- GUR recovered-system record: KVN (opens in a new tab)Government intelligence assessment
- GUR manufacturer attribution: Ushkuynik (opens in a new tab)Government intelligence assessment