...Ag roots might mean the ability to canabalize indig acft to keep it flying at the long end of a supply chain. Wonder if that's also part of the idea?
That's one of the reasons for it. From the article:
"Indeed, the crop duster roots of the AT-802U should make this aircraft, in particular, extremely useful in very small-footprint operations in extremely spartan locales with tiny rough runways. Furthermore, the fact that Air Tractors operate all around the world means supportability should be easy and reliable."
Seems like the whole point of this is to operate away from any well established US base.
