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IOMAX USA, LLC

IOMAX USA, LLC is a North Carolina aerospace and defense manufacturer focused on converting rugged commercial turboprop aircraft into armed intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, border-security, and light-attack platforms. The company is best known in the catalog for the IOMAX Archangel and for earlier AT-802 Border Patrol Aircraft work that adapted agricultural airframes with sensors, weapons carriage, mission systems, and austere-field operating features.

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IOMAX operates from Mooresville, North Carolina, and describes its work as aircraft design, modernization, manufacture, and support for special-mission aviation. Its public product material emphasizes low operating cost, expeditionary basing, integrated EO/IR sensing, missionized cockpit systems, and precision weapons compatibility rather than high-performance jet attack aircraft.

The company's armed-aircraft lineage grew from AT-802 Block 1 Border Patrol Aircraft deliveries to the United Arab Emirates in 2010. IOMAX later shifted the concept to the Thrush/S2R-based Archangel, a two-seat turboprop platform marketed for armed ISR, counterinsurgency, border patrol, and close air support missions. Public reporting in 2015 described the first UAE Archangel deliveries from North Carolina after earlier UAE AT-802 procurement.

armed ISR aircraftlight attack turboprop aircraftborder patrol aircraftspecial-mission aircraft integrationaircraft modernization and support

Notable Systems

IOMAX Archangel, Armed surveillance and light attack turboprop aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs

IOMAX Archangel

Armed surveillance and light attack turboprop aircraft

Thrush/S2R-derived armed ISR and light-attack turboprop marketed by IOMAX for border security, counterinsurgency, close air support, and precision-strike missions.

Sources: Archangel - IOMAX, Deliveries of IOMAX Archangel Begin
Air Tractor AT-802, Agricultural and armed multi-mission turboprop aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs

AT-802 Border Patrol Aircraft

Agricultural and armed multi-mission turboprop aircraft

IOMAX's earlier armed border-patrol conversion of the Air Tractor AT-802 airframe; the company says the first Block 1 aircraft were delivered to the UAE in 2010.

Sources: AT-802 Border Patrol Aircraft - IOMAX, Deliveries of IOMAX Archangel Begin

Manufacturer History

  1. IOMAX founded

    Company founder Ron Howard's public obituary states that he founded IOMAX in 2001, creating the North Carolina firm that later specialized in missionized special-operations and border-security aircraft.

    Sources: Ronald Howard Obituary

  2. AT-802 BPA deliveries begin

    IOMAX says the first AT-802 Block 1 Border Patrol Aircraft was delivered to the United Arab Emirates in 2010, establishing the company's armed turboprop export lineage.

    Sources: AT-802 Border Patrol Aircraft - IOMAX

  3. Archangel deliveries reported

    AIN reported that IOMAX had begun delivering Archangel aircraft to the UAE, with the first aircraft accepted for ferry flight from North Carolina.

    Sources: Deliveries of IOMAX Archangel Begin

  4. North Carolina expansion announced

    North Carolina officials announced an IOMAX expansion in Iredell County and described the company as headquartered in Mooresville with work in aircraft design, systems integration, manufacturing, modernization, and support.

    Sources: Aviation Systems Company to Expand in Iredell County

Website links
Official websiteArchangel project pageAT-802 Border Patrol Aircraft project pageContact page

IOMAX's public materials provide the strongest source base for product lineage, aircraft capabilities, and official imagery. Independent reporting is used for delivery milestones; conflict-use claims are intentionally left to weapon records with direct conflict-specific sourcing.

Manufacturer Sources

  • IOMAXPublisher: IOMAX USA, LLC | Note: Supports IOMAX's official website, corporate identity, and high-level special-mission aircraft focus. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Contact - IOMAXPublisher: IOMAX USA, LLC | Note: Supports the official Mooresville, North Carolina contact address and website link. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Archangel - IOMAXPublisher: IOMAX USA, LLC | Note: Supports Archangel manufacturer context, mission roles, broad capabilities, and official image provenance. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • AT-802 Border Patrol Aircraft - IOMAXPublisher: IOMAX USA, LLC | Note: Supports IOMAX's AT-802 Block 1 Border Patrol Aircraft program and 2010 UAE delivery claim. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Deliveries of IOMAX Archangel BeginPublisher: AIN Online | Note: Supports 2015 Archangel deliveries to the UAE and public context on the transition from earlier AT-802 aircraft. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Aviation Systems Company to Expand in Iredell CountyPublisher: North Carolina Department of Commerce | Note: Supports Mooresville headquarters context, Iredell County expansion, and the company's described aircraft design, integration, manufacturing, modernization, and support work. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Ronald Howard ObituaryPublisher: Legacy.com | Note: Supports the founder context and founding year used in the manufacturer timeline. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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IOMAX Archangel, Armed surveillance and light attack turboprop aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs2014 Yemen Civil War, 2014 Second Libyan Civil WarIOMAX ArchangelArmed surveillance and light attack turboprop aircraftBuilt in: United StatesThe IOMAX Archangel is a U.S.-built armed surveillance and light attack turboprop based on the Thrush S2R-660/S2R-T660 agricultural airframe and developed after IOMAX's earlier AT-802 border-patrol aircraft work for the UAE. IOMAX markets the aircraft for low-cost armed ISR, counterinsurgency, border security, and precision strike from austere strips, and open-source investigations later documented UAE-linked Archangel operations in Yemen and Libya.