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Air Tractor AT-802

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Agricultural single engine turboprop aircraft. Includes 802A single-seat, 802F/AF fire fighting and 802U Sky Warden surveillance variants.

Lift type
Fixed wing
Construction
Factory-built
Control
Piloted
Engine type
Turboprop
Application
Agricultural, Surveillance

Design & construction

Primary structure
Aluminium
Wing
Aluminium
Ice protection
None
Pressurisation
Unpressurised
Flight controls
Mechanical
Autopilot
2-axis
Avionics architecture
Standalone glass
Environmental control
None-unpressurised
Wing position
Low
Planform
Straight
Tail
Conventional
Certification
Part 23
Minimum crew
1

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Type variants

VariantLaunch / first flightProduction endNotes
Air Tractor AT-8021989 / 1989Production: 1 (2026) GAMA: Air Tractor AT-802. Baseline variant.
Air Tractor AT-802A1992 / 1992Production: 15 (2026) GAMA: Air Tractor AT-802A; Air Tractor AT-802AF. Single-seat variant.
Air Tractor AT-802F/AF1992 / 1992Production: 32 (2024). Firefighting two-seat/single-seat variants, can become water scooper when equipped with floats. Also includes other firefighting variants: Fire Boss, and AT-1002A.
Air Tractor AT-802L Longsword2018 / 2018Variant with integrated mission system by L3 Technologies, also known as OA-8 Longsword.
L3Harris AT-802U Sky Warden2021 / Production: 6 (2026) GAMA: Air Tractor AT-802F; Air Tractor AT-802U. Militarised ISR strike aircraft variant, joint venture between L3 Harris and Air Tractor, USAF designation: OA-1K Skyraider II.
L3Harris/IAI Blue Sky Warden2025 / Variant for Israel's Light-Attack Aircraft program with Israeli-specific software and IAI mission equipment.

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Air Tractor Inc.News
L3Harris (was L3 Technologies)NewsAT-802U Sky Warden (joint production with Air Tractor)

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