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PAVE is a United States Air Force program identifier relating to electronic systems. Prior to 1979, Pave was said to be a code word for the Air Force unit responsible for the project. ''Pave'' was used as an inconsequential prefix identifier for a wide range of different programs, though backronyms and alternative meanings have been used. For example, in the helicopters
PAVE is a United States Air Force program identifier relating to electronic systems. Prior to 1979, Pave was said to be a code word for the Air Force unit responsible for the project. ''Pave'' was used as an inconsequential prefix identifier for a wide range of different programs, though backronyms and alternative meanings have been used. For example, in the helicopters Pave Low
The Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low series is a retired long-range special operations and combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter for the United States Air Force. The series was upgraded from the HH-53B/C, variants of the Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stall ...
and Pave Hawk
The Sikorsky MH-60G/HH-60G Pave Hawk is a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift utility military helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. It is a derivative of the UH-60 Black Hawk and incorporates the US Air Force PAVE electronic syste ...
it was said to mean ''Precision Avionics Vectoring Equipment'', but in Pave Paws
PAVE PAWS (PAVE Phased Array Warning System) is a complex Cold War early warning radar and computer system developed in 1980 to "detect and characterize a sea-launched ballistic missile attack against the United States". With the first solid-st ...
it was said to mean ''Precision Acquisition Vehicle Entry''.
PAVE systems
* Pave Eagle – Modified Beechcraft Bonanza drone aircraft for low altitude sensor monitoring. *Pave Hawk
The Sikorsky MH-60G/HH-60G Pave Hawk is a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift utility military helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. It is a derivative of the UH-60 Black Hawk and incorporates the US Air Force PAVE electronic syste ...
– Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk special operations and combat search and rescue helicopter.
* Pave Nail - OV-10 Bronco with Pave Spot target laser designator pod.
* Pave Knife – Ford Aerospace AN/AVQ-10 Pave Knife early laser targeting pod.
* Pave Low
The Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low series is a retired long-range special operations and combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter for the United States Air Force. The series was upgraded from the HH-53B/C, variants of the Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stall ...
– Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low special ops and combat search and rescue helicopter.
* Pave Mint – Upgrade of the AN/ALQ-117 electronic warfare system to the AN/ALQ-172.
* Pave Mover
PAVE is a United States Air Force program identifier relating to electronic systems. Prior to 1979, Pave was said to be a code word for the Air Force unit responsible for the project. ''Pave'' was used as an inconsequential prefix identifier for ...
– Demonstration program to develop the AN/APY-7 radar wide-area surveillance, ground moving target indicator (GMTI), fixed target indicator (FTI) target classification, and synthetic aperture radar (SAR), for the E-8 Joint STARS.
* Pave Onyx – Vietnam era Advanced Location Strike System c.1973.
* Pave Pace
PAVE is a United States Air Force program identifier relating to electronic systems. Prior to 1979, Pave was said to be a code word for the Air Force unit responsible for the project. ''Pave'' was used as an inconsequential prefix identifier for ...
– A fully integrated avionics architecture featuring functional resource allocation.
* PAVE PAWS
PAVE PAWS (PAVE Phased Array Warning System) is a complex Cold War early warning radar and computer system developed in 1980 to "detect and characterize a sea-launched ballistic missile attack against the United States". With the first solid-st ...
– The Phased-Array Warning System which replaced the three BMEWS
The RCA 474L Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS, "474L System", Project 474L) was a United States Air Force Cold War early warning radar, computer, and communications system, for ballistic missile detection. The network of twelve ra ...
radars. Pave in this case is a backronym for Perimeter or Precision Acquisition Vehicle Entry.
* Pave Penny – Lockheed-Martin AN/AAS-35(V) laser spot tracker.
* Pave Pillar – Generic core avionics architecture system for combat aircraft.
* Pave Pronto – Lockheed AC-130 Spectre gunship program.
* Pave Spectre – Lockheed AC-130E gunships.
* Pave Spike – Westinghouse AN/ASQ-153\AN/AVQ-23 electro-optical laser designator pod.
* Pave Sword – AN/AVQ-11 Pave Sword laser tracker.
* Pave Tack – Ford Aerospace AN/AVQ-26 electro-optical targeting pod. Used first on F-4 and then later on F-111F model aircraft.
* Paveway – A family of laser-guided bomb conversion kits, to be fitted to standard unguided bombs.
See also
* Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System (LAMPS)References
Notes
Bibliography
* - Contains a list of PAVE program names relating to Laser Guided bombs * {{PAVE US Equipment of the United States Air Force