The North American A-5 Vigilante is a twin-engined two-seat carrier-based supersonic bomber aircraft produced by the US-American manufacturer North American Aviation, operated by the US Navy. It served only a very short time in it's primary role as a nuclear bomber aircraft but until 1980 in it's second role as a reconnaissance aircraft, designated RA-5. The A-5 was initally designated A3J Vigilante until 1962.