The A-6E is the last production type of the Intruder family. They were developed for the strike missions. A new AN/APQ-148 radar replaced the old version one and the DIANE system was replaced by the lastest computer system. In the late 1970s, the new navigation system called CAINS were equipped, the CAINS A-6E can be distinguished by the extra air scoop on top of the fuselage near the vertical stabilizer.
Starting in 1979, all of the A-6E Intruders were armed with the AN/ASS-33 detection and ranging set, which a part of the TRAM system. They were located inside a small turret under the radome. The A-6E TRAM participated in most of the military actions of the Navy in the last century. All of the Intruders were replaced by the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet in 1997.
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