1980 S GRUMMAN A 6 E INTRUDER TRAM SYSTEM PROMO FILM AN EYE IN THE DARKENED SKY U. S. NAVY 27914

Love our channel Help us save and post more orphaned films Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. This film An Eye in the Darkened Sky presents the Grumman A6E Intruder; a twinjet all weather attack air craft first produced in 1960 and which had first seen action in the Vietnam War although its service continued into the 1990s. Starting in 1979, Grumman began outfitting the Intruder with TRAM, or the Target Recognition Attack MultiSensor system. This was a small, gyroscopically stabilized nose turret containing a FLIR boresighted with a laser spottracker, designator and IBM AN, ASQ155 computer. TRAM allowed highly accurate attacks without using the Intruder s radar, and also allowed the Intruder to autonomously designate and drop laserguided bombs. The film begins with the USS John F Kennedy (CVN67) at sea (:19). A strike group including the A6E, F14s and Corsair IIs is to take off for a simulated attack mission at ni