From Preface: "This monograph traces the history of the REDEYE weapon system from its inception in the mid-1950s through 1973. Except for the chapter dealing with project management, the REDEYE story is related in basically chronological sequence. It beings with the origin of the project and progresses through the feasibility studies, engineering development, production, system deployment, and on through early work on the second-generation STINGER weapon system, which is being developed as a replacement for the basic REDEYE (17 May 1974).

235 pp., text. 9 tables, 8 charts, 28 illustrations. Glossary. Index. Reproduced. (Regraded UNCLASSIFIED from original SECRET) Content: Traces the history of the REDEYE Weapon System for short-range low-altitude air defense from inception in the mid-1950s through 1973. Chapters: Origin of the REDEYE Project; Project Management Structure; Feasibility Study Program; Basic Engineering Design; Engineering Design Refinement; Industrial and Product Improvement Programs; Training Equipment; Weapon System Deployment; The Redeye Improvement Program; Conclusion. Contains information about: War Department Equipment Board; STINGER Project; HAWK Project; PORCUPINE Project; OCTOPUS Project; Army Equipment Guide (Revised); AOMC/ARGMA; project management; testing; commodity plan; guidance system; warhead; motor; prototype; research and development (R&D); production line; Block I (XM-41); Block II (XM-41E1); Block III (XM-41E2); M-41 Weapon System; United States Air Force; United States Navy; United States Marine Corps; M-46 series trainer; XM-42 Electronic Trainer; XM-49 Tracking Head Trainer; M-76 (XM-49E3) Training Set; M87 Moving Target Simulator; employment concepts; tactics; training; and maintenance. .