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