ESVENSSON%brage.qz.se@pucc.PRINCETON.EDU (Erik Svensson) (11/03/90)
From: Erik Svensson <ESVENSSON%brage.qz.se@pucc.PRINCETON.EDU> There's been some questions about the various Paves. Pave is a series of Air Force efforts concerned with the development of night avionics systems, laser target designators and related armament. ( from "Code Name Handbook 1972-1973", DMS Inc) Some programs named are: Pave Alpha : A terminal guidance study. Pave Arrow : Podhoused laser sensors for the F-100 Pave Arrow Seeker : Target designator system for the F-100 Pave Blind Bat : Laser illuminator and night vision device for the AC-130 Pave Bow : Night avionics for O-2 Pave Box : Dispenser for the B-57 Pave Bucket : Defoliant tests done by the USAF Pave Coin : Test of commercial aircraft capable of performing the COIN mission Pave Crow : Development of detection and interdiction techniques to be used against ground vehicles. Pave Dot : Night avionics for O-2 Pave Eagle : Beech Bonanza rebuild to QU-22B electronic intelligence drones under the Igloo White program Pave Fire : F-4D mounted system Pave Gat : Sensor-slaved gun system for night-attack aircraft Pave Hawk : Program aimed at applying night vision systems and devices to drones Pave Imp : Night vision program to equip HH-53C with low-light-level television. Replaced Pave Star Pave Joy : AGM-80A air-to-ground missile Pave Knife : Night vision system on the F-4D Pave Lance : Advanced version of Pave Knife. Cancelled Pave Light : Target designator Pave Low : Program for expansion of existing capabilities for rescue of downed airmen Pave Mack : Program aimed at developing techniques for destroying mobile ground targets Pave Moon : Nick name for Pave Gat Pave Nail : Rebuild of OV-10 to give it night FAC capability Pave Pat : Fuel air explosive (FAE) weapon Pave Paws : Large phased array radar system for SLBM detection Pave Penny : Laser tracker Pave Phantom : Believed to be a program to give F-4 near-blind bombing capability Pave Pine : Experiment involving over-the-horizon radar propagation Pave Pronto : AC-130 equipped with night vision devices for personnel and vehicle interdiction Pave Road : Bomblet development Pave Scope : Program for integration of target aquisition aids with EO-guided weapons Pave Spectre : AC-130 Pave Spike : Laser pod for the F-4 Pave Spot : Night observation system for the O-2 Pave Star : Project aimed at equipping HH-53 with all-weather night rescue capability. Replaced by Pave Imp Pave Stick : Development of the BLU-34/B GP bomb Pave Storm : Non-nuclear tactical air-surface muntion system Pave Sword : Night vision program for the F-4D, using Pave Arrow equipment Pave Trail : Remote sensor system evaluation Pave Way : Guided bombs (from "Code Name Handbook 1972-1973", DMS Inc) Erik Svensson Guided Weapons Division National Defense Research Establishment Stockholm, Sweden net.address: esvensson@brage.qz.se