2023年5月13日 · Here comes Sky Warden, the crop duster that’s SOCOM’s newest armed overwatch aircraft U.S. special operations forces have a new eye in the sky to rely on. By Jared Keller

The Air Tractor L3Harris OA-1K Skyraider II (company name AT-802U Sky Warden) is an American fixed-wing, single-engine light attack/armed reconnaissance aircraft built by Air Tractor and L3Harris for the Armed Overwatch program of the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM).

2017年8月16日 · Dubbed Longsword, they’ve taken Air Tractor’s AT-802 crop duster and modified it for attack, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.

It first flew in the United States in October 1990 and is manufactured by Air Tractor. The AT-802 carries a chemical hopper between the engine firewall and the cockpit. In the U.S., it is considered a Type III SEAT, or Single Engine Air Tanker. [1]

2022年8月1日 · U.S. Special Operations Command has chosen L3Harris Technologies to supply up to 75 attack planes based on a cropduster aircraft in a deal that could be worth $3 billion.

2022年8月3日 · U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has selected Sky Warden, a heavily modified crop duster platform purpose-built by L3Harris Technologies in collaboration with Air Tractor, for its Armed...

2022年8月3日 · U.S. Special Operations Command has chosen an airplane based on a well-known crop duster to take on its Armed Overwatch mission, conducting counterterrorism operations and irregular warfare in...

The AT-802U Sky Warden, a modified version of Air Tractor's AT-802 crop duster, is now providing advanced armed overwatch and close air support (CAS) capabilities for U.S. special operations.

2021年5月6日 · Air Tractor is known for its crop duster, the AT-502B. The Sky Warden is based on a firefighting version of that aircraft, says L3Harris. The new aircraft will feature L3Harris’s communications...

2025年2月28日 · US Air Force Special Operations Command is preparing to receive its first OA-1K Skyraider II, an Air Tractor AT-802 crop duster militarised by L3Harris to provide close air support and other...