L3Harris OA-1K Skyraider II

what is it?

The Air Tractor L3Harris OA-1K Skyraider II (company name AT-802U Sky Warden) is an American fixed-wing single-engine counter-insurgency aircraft, configured for light attack and armed ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance). It is built by Air Tractor and L3Harris for the Armed Overwatch program of the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM). It was developed from the Air Tractor AT-802, an American aircraft that is used for agriculture and fire-fighting and has been militarized in other programs.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 turboprop · low wing · tail-wheel gear · 18.1 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 394 km/htop speed
• range 2,413 kmwithout refuelling
• size 7,258 kgmax take-off weight
• built 18made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🏎️Top speed is 3.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 18.1 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 2,413 km: 13× Amsterdam to Brussels.

turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.

spec sheet

first flight

—

introduced

2025

status

still flying

number built

18

role

attack and surveillance aircraft

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Air Tractor, L3Harris Technologies

engines

1× Pratt & Whitney PT6A-67F / PT6A-67F

length

11.4 m

wingspan

18.1 m

height

4 m

max take-off weight

7,258 kg

top speed

394 km/h

cruise speed

333 km/h

range

2,413 km

wings

low wing

landing gear

tail-wheel gear

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.