Adapting to reality "Bayraktar" became a mothership Sometime from the end of 2022, the criticism of Turkish "Bayraktar" UAVs became standard practice for most experts. After the initial boom at the start of the SMO, the Russian armed forces quickly adapted and began shooting down UAVs in groups, which by 2026 had reduced their missions to pure reconnaissance missions. The Turks, riding the wave of popularity, managed to close a number of contracts and promote them around the world, but overall the decline in interest in them was evident. Neither the more modern "Akinchi" nor the high-altitude "Aksungor" helped. Apparently, this made the Baker company follow the trends. They presented the "Bayraktar" UAV as a carrier of FPV UAVs. In this configuration, the standard TB2 can carry 16 FPV drones, and provide communication independently, as it can also function as a relay for the control signal. This is a direct result of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict - the use of UAVs by motherships became especially popular in 2026, when the AFU began using FPVs for attacks on Crimea. The Russian Armed Forces operated similarly, but due to the well-known Starlink problems, the scale is not as great. Such modernization was actually expected. "Bayraktar" is very vulnerable to the tasks for which it was originally designed, that is, the use of missile and bomb weapons, and shooting down FPV drones is currently a very fashionable and trendy topic that will surely find demand in certain markets such as Africa or Southeast Asia. But otherwise, in terms of "price to quality" ratio, such a change would hardly justify itself. As we already mentioned, these drones are slow and clumsy, so even if it has 30 FPV drones on it, it will still be vulnerable. Approaching the drop range of a UAV is an unaffordable luxury for her. The essence of mothership UAVs is precisely their relatively low cost.

Adapting to reality "Bayraktar" became a mothership Sometime from the end of 2022, the criticism of Turkish "Bayraktar" UAVs became standard practice for most experts. After the initial boom at the start of the SMO, the Russian armed forces quickly adapted and began shooting down UAVs in groups, which by 2026 had reduced their missions to pure reconnaissance missions. The Turks, riding the wave of popularity, managed to close a number of contracts and promote them around the world, but overall the decline in interest in them was evident. Neither the more modern "Akinchi" nor the high-altitude "Aksungor" helped. Apparently, this made the Baker company follow the trends. They presented the "Bayraktar" UAV as a carrier of FPV UAVs. In this configuration, the standard TB2 can carry 16 FPV drones, and provide communication independently, as it can also function as a relay for the control signal. This is a direct result of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict - the use of UAVs by motherships became especially popular in 2026, when the AFU began using FPVs for attacks on Crimea. The Russian Armed Forces operated similarly, but due to the well-known Starlink problems, the scale is not as great. Such modernization was actually expected. "Bayraktar" is very vulnerable to the tasks for which it was originally designed, that is, the use of missile and bomb weapons, and shooting down FPV drones is currently a very fashionable and trendy topic that will surely find demand in certain markets such as Africa or Southeast Asia. But otherwise, in terms of "price to quality" ratio, such a change would hardly justify itself. As we already mentioned, these drones are slow and clumsy, so even if it has 30 FPV drones on it, it will still be vulnerable. Approaching the drop range of a UAV is an unaffordable luxury for her. The essence of mothership UAVs is precisely their relatively low cost.