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The Kazhan heavy quadcopter can be a bomber, FPV mothership or logistics platform Reactive Drone Drone warfare is evolving rapidly. One recent focus has been motherships to carry and launch FPVs, extending the reach of the small quadcopters. Artem Kolesnyk, CTO of Reactive Drone talked to me about the advantages and pitfalls of this approach. His company makes the Kazhan (“Bat”) series of heavy bomber multicopters which can become FPV carriers. “From a technical perspective, this is not extremely difficult to implement,” says Kolesnyk. “But it is also not always the most effective solution depending on the mission.” To some drone carriers look like the future. But Kolesnyk believes they have a niche role and that warfare will be dominated by something else entirely. FPVs grab most of the attention, but larger drones may be more important. Bat Out Of Hell Various versions of the Kazhan, some with four rotors and some with six, have been active since the early days of the war. The type was adopted by the Army of Drones and produced at scale from 2024 onwards. “We initially focused on bomb-dropping capabilities,” says Kolesnyk. “From there, it was only a matter of time before we began experimenting with other applications.” Kolesnyk says that heavy bombers are greatly underrated compared to FPVs which get more publicity. “Recent analysis suggests that roughly 70% of successful strikes are now carried out by larger bomber drones such as the Kazhan,” says Kolesnyk. Bombers are more likely to attack at night and do not often produce video-friendly images, so they are less seen. According to the company website, a Kazhan typically survives 120 missions in combat. The current versions are the Kazhan 620 and 630 which can carry up 44 pounds of bombs and drop them accurately from an altitude of…

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