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The future of air combat is drones launching more drones Kelsey D. Atherton © Provided by Popular Science The future of air combat is drones launching more drones On March 26, a windowless drone called the Valkyrie opened its weapon bay doors, the first time it had done so while airborne. Then, it released into the sky below not a bomb, but another, smaller drone, a scout launched into flight from its mid-air berth. Deployed from a mothership into flight, the drone-launched drone ushers in an era of machines sending other machines to fight battles for humans.   The XQ-58A Valkyrie drone, with a 28-feet length and 22-foot wingspan, was on its sixth test flight at the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. The Valkyrie has flown over the Sonoran desert around Yuma since 2019, it s dark gray body stark against the sun-scorched sands below. The smaller drone, the payload released from the Valkyrie weapons bay, was an ALTIUS-600. Altogether, the package suggests that t

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