To put a name on it, i believe you are talking about SAGE, the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-Automatic_Ground_Environm...

https://sage.mitre.org/ (see also links at the end)

SAGE also pioneered user interface technology, for example:

The first pointing device: https://historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=727

The first naked lady on a computer: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/01/the-n...

And bits of the machinery went on to a long and varied career in film and TV: https://www.starringthecomputer.com/computer.php?c=73