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07 May 2021 (Last Updated May 7th, 2021 16:15)
Air Tractor has partnered with L3Harris Technologies to develop an affordable, production-ready intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) strike aircraft.
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Sky Warden is based on the rugged and capable Air Tractor AT-802, which features the largest payload capacity of any single turbo engine aircraft. Credit: Business Wire.
Based on Air Tractor AT-802, Sky Warden system will be designed to perform airborne ISR and other tactical missions in the harsh battlefield environments.
The AT-802U surveillance and light-attack aircraft is a heavily armoured version of the AT-802 agricultural and firefighting aircraft.
It is designed for deployment in airborne ISR, precision-strike, command and control, counterinsurgency (COIN), close-air support, weapons training, forward arming and refuelling point missions.