Hovers like a butterfly, stings like a bee

(JNS) - The Blue Sky Warden aircraft, the result of a collaboration between Israel Aerospace Industries and the U.S. company L3Harris Technologies, embodies an innovative concept in light strike and reconnaissance aircraft.

It is an enhanced iteration of the Air Tractor aircraft, which is originally a farming workhorse and an aerial firefighter, and also serves in Israel in the Elad Squadron, the aerial firefighting squadron.

The new version of the aircraft will be adapted in Israel for intelligence, observation and light strike missions, with an emphasis on low operating cost, prolonged air e...