PAVE

This article is about a military electronic system. For other uses, see Pave (disambiguation).

The word PAVE is a U.S. 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.[1][2] PAVE was used as an inconsequential prefix identifier for a wide range of different programs,[3] though backronyms and alternative meanings have been used.[4] For example, in the helicopters PAVE Low and PAVE Hawk it was said to mean Precision Avionics Vectoring Equipment,[4] but in PAVE PAWS it was said to mean Precision Acquisition Vehicle Entry.[3]

An early Pave Sword laser pod on a F-4D during the Vietnam War, 1971.

PAVE systems

References

  1. Engineering Panel on the PAVE PAWS Radar System (1979). Radiation Intensity of the PAVE PAWS Radar System (PDF) (Report). National Academy of Sciences. p. 6. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  2. "Upgraded Early Warning Radar (UEWR)". Federation of American Scientists. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Photographs / Written Historical and Descriptive Data: Cape Cod Air Station Technical Facility/Scanner Building and Power Plant (PDF) (Report). p. 2. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  4. 1 2 "The Acronym That Wasn't". Aerofiles. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  5. Smith, John Q.; Byrd, David A (1991). Forty Years of Research and Development at Griffis Air Force Base: June 1951 – June 1991 (Report). Rome Laboratory. p. 130. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
  6. Winkler, David F; Webster, Julie L (June 1997). Searching the Skies: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program (PDF) (Report). Champaign, IL: U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. LCCN 97020912. Retrieved 2013-04-23.

See also

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