Paveway is a trademark of Raytheon Company which identifies its variants of Laser Guided Bombs (LGB). International Aerospace Exhibition ILA Held bi-annually on the southern section of Berlin - Schönefeld Airport, The Paris Air Show ( Salon International de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace Paris-Le Bourget) is an international trade fair for the aerospace business A laser-guided bomb (LGB is a Precision-guided munition (PGM that uses semi-active Laser homing to strike a designated target with greater accuracy than a free-fall Lockheed Martin became a second source supplier of LGBs in 2001. PAVE is an acronym standing for Precision Avionics Vectoring Equipment, and was also used for the names of various laser designator pods used with these weapons, including Pave Penny, Pave Spike, Pave Tack and Pave Knife. The Lockheed-Martin AN/AAS-35V Pave Penny is a Laser spot tracker carried by US Air Force Attack aircraft and Fighter-bombers to enable The Westinghouse AN/ASQ-153\AN/AVQ-23 Pave Spike is an electro-optical laser designator pod used to direct Laser-guided bombs to target in daylight visual conditions The Ford Aerospace AN/AVQ-26 Pave Tack is an electro-optical targeting pod developed by the United States Air Force (USAF for military Attack aircraft. The Ford Aerospace AN/AVQ-10 Pave Knife was an early targeting pod developed by the USAF to designate and guide Laser-guided bombs Pave Knife was developed The original use of the Paveway name applied to both the guided weapon, and a designator, but this was soon dropped and applied to only the weapon.
It has also been used for military aircraft variants equipped with specialized avionics, such as the AC-130U Pave Spectre and MH-60 Pave Hawk. Avionics means "aviation electronics" It comprises electronic systems for use on aircraft artificial satellites and spacecraft comprising Communications The Lockheed AC-130 Gunship is a heavily-armed ground attack airplane WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
The Paveway series of laser-guided bombs was developed by Texas Instruments starting in 1964. Texas Instruments ( better known in the electronics industry (and popularly as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, USA For the year see 1964 This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1964: Events January January The program was conducted on a shoestring budget, but the resultant emphasis on simplicity and economical engineering proved to be a benefit, and a major advantage over other more complex guided weapons. The first test weapon, using a Mk 117 bomb as the warhead, took place in April 1965. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1965: Events January January 2 - Denis Healey, the UK's Secretary Prototype weapons were sent to Vietnam for combat testing starting in 1968. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1968: Events January January 21 - a US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress
Paveway kits attach to a variety of warheads, and consist of a semi-active laser (SAL) seeker, a computer control group (CCG) containing guidance and control electronics, thermal battery, and pneumatic control augmentation system (CAS). In electronics a battery is a combination of two or more Electrochemical cells which store chemical Energy which can be converted into electrical energy There are front control canards and rear wings for stability. In Aeronautics, canard ( French for Duck) is an airframe configuration of Fixed-wing aircraft in which the Tailplane is ahead of the The weapon guides on reflected laser energy: the seeker detects the reflected light ("sparkle") of the designating laser, and actuates the canards to guide the bomb toward the designated point.
The original Paveway series, retroactively named Paveway I, gave way in the early 1970s to the improved Paveway II, which had a simplified, more reliable seeker and pop-out rear wings to improve the weapon's glide performance. Both Paveway I and Paveway II use a simple 'bang-bang' control system, where the CAS commands large canard deflections to make course corrections, resulting in a noticeable wobble. This had relatively little effect on accuracy, but expends energy quickly, limiting effective range. As a consequence, most users release Paveway I and II weapons in a ballistic trajectory, activating the laser designator only late in the weapon's flight to refine the impact point.
In 1976, the USAF issued a requirement for a new generation, dubbed Paveway III, that finally entered service in 1986. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1976: Events January January 1 - Middle East Airlines Flight 438 This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1986: Events January January 9 - the UK Defence Secretary Michael The Paveway III system used a much more sophisticated seeker with a wider field of view and proportional guidance, minimizing the energy loss of course corrections. Paveway III has a considerably longer glide range and greater accuracy than Paveway II, but it is substantially more expensive, limiting its use to high-value targets. Although Paveway III kits were developed for the smaller Mk 82 weapons, limited effectiveness caused the USAF to adopt the kit only for the larger 2,000 lb-class weapons (the Mk 84 and BLU-109. The Mark 82 (Mk 82 is an unguided low- drag General-purpose bomb ( Dumb bomb) part of the U The Mark 84 is an American General-purpose bomb, the largest of the Mark 80 series of weapons See also Paveway JDAM Paveway III guidance kits were also used on the GBU-28/B penetration bomb fielded at the close of the 1991 Gulf War. The Paveway III was also used during the Indian offensive in the Kargil War of 1999. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Raytheon, the sole provider of Paveway III variants, is currently delivering both standard and enhanced versions to the US Government and foreign customers. Raytheon Company ( is a major American Defense contractor and industrial corporation with core Manufacturing concentrations in Defense systems The federal government of the United States is the central United States Governmental body established by the United States Constitution.
Existing LGBs in US service can be upgraded to Dual Mode Laser Guided Bombs (DMLGB) by adding GPS receivers which enable all weather employment. Basic concept of GPS operation A GPS receiver calculates its position by carefully timing the signals sent by the constellation of GPS Satellites high above the Earth The weather is a set of all the phenomena occurring in a given Atmosphere at a given Time. Lockheed Martin won the initial contract to provide DMLGBs to the US Navy (USN) in 2005, however subsequent-year money has been "zeroed" in favor of a follow-on Direct Attack Moving Target Capability (DAMTC) program. Lockheed Martin ( is a large multinational Aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology Company formed in 1995 by the merger of Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Raytheon's version, the "Enhanced Paveway II", has been contracted both within the US and abroad.
An advanced Paveway IV series is being developed for export, including Britain's RAF, but it appears that the USAF remains committed instead to the small-diameter bomb program. In Economics, an export is any good or Commodity, Transported from one country to another country in a Legitimate fashion The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The GBU-39 Small-Diameter Bomb ( SDB) is a 250 pound (113 kg) Guided bomb that is intended to provide Aircraft with the ability
The Paveway series of bombs includes:
- GBU-10 Paveway II – Mk 84 2000 lb (909 kg) bomb
- GBU-12 Paveway II – Mk 82 500 lb (227 kg) bomb
- GBU-16 Paveway II – Mk 83 1000 lb (454 kg) bomb
- GBU-22 Paveway III – Mk 82 500 lb (227 kg) bomb. The Mark 84 is an American General-purpose bomb, the largest of the Mark 80 series of weapons The Mark 82 (Mk 82 is an unguided low- drag General-purpose bomb ( Dumb bomb) part of the U The Mark 83 is part of the Mark 80 series of low- drag General-purpose bombs in United States service The Mark 82 (Mk 82 is an unguided low- drag General-purpose bomb ( Dumb bomb) part of the U Developed at the same time as GBU-24, with some limited export success, but was not adopted by USA as it was felt to be too small of a warhead for the desired effects at the time.
- GBU-24 Paveway III – Mk 84/BLU-109 2000 lb (909 kg) class bomb
- GBU-27 Paveway III – BLU-109 2000 lb (909 kg) bomb with penetration warhead, specially designed for F-117 because the large fins of GBU-24 do not fit into the bomb bay of F-117. Raytheon GBU-24 Family The Mark 84 is an American General-purpose bomb, the largest of the Mark 80 series of weapons See also Paveway JDAM Combat history The GBU-27 was used in Operation Desert Storm. See also Paveway JDAM
- GBU-28 Paveway III – During the Gulf War, the deepest and most hardened Iraqi bunkers could not be defeated by the BLU-109/B penetrator warhead, so a much more powerful "bunker buster" GBU-28 was developed. See also Paveway JDAM The latest warhead used in the GBU-28/B series is the BLU-122/B, a development of earlier BLU-113 on early GBU-28s.
- Paveway IV – 500 lb (227 kg) bomb
See also
- Laser designator
- JDAM (a GPS guidance package for a standard iron bomb, built by the Boeing corporation)
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The Raytheon Paveway IV is a new-generation dual mode GPS / INS and Laser guided bomb for use by Military aircraft. A laser designator is a Laser light source which is used to illuminate a target Overview The JDAM is not a weapon rather it is a "bolt-on" upgrade for unguided gravity bombs installed during build up of the munition by Naval Ordnancemen or Air Force Basic concept of GPS operation A GPS receiver calculates its position by carefully timing the signals sent by the constellation of GPS Satellites high above the Earth The Boeing Company is a major Aerospace and defense corporation originally founded by William E A corporation is a separate legal entity usually used to conduct businessDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic