PAVE PAWS

PAVE Phased Array Warning System
military structures
The Cape Cod AFS AN/FPS-115 (white structure with circular array) on 1 October 1986 was 1 of 2 while two more FPS-115s were being built. At the beginning of the Cold War, the Cape Cod landform had a Permanent System radar station (1951 North Truro AFS), and the offshore Texas Tower 2 was at George's Bank (closed 1963).
Country	United States
Radar stations	Massachusetts, California, Florida, Texas

System Sites Scanner Buildings	Electronic Systems Division System Program Office: 42°27′45″N 71°16′31″W / 42.4626°N 71.2753°W / 42.4626; -71.2753 (in MA) Raytheon Equipment Division: 39°15′24″N 84°26′00″W / 39.2566°N 84.4333°W / 39.2566; -84.4333 (MA) East Coast: 41°45′08″N 70°32′17″W / 41.75222°N 70.53806°W / 41.75222; -70.53806 Cape Cod (6SWS) West Coast: 39°08′10″N 121°21′03″W / 39.13611°N 121.35083°W / 39.13611; -121.35083 CA (7SWS) Southeast: 32°34′52″N 83°34′09″W / 32.58111°N 83.56917°W / 32.58111; -83.56917 GA (9SWS) Southwest: 30°58′44″N 100°33′14″W / 30.979°N 100.554°W / 30.979; -100.554 TX (8MWS)

Prime Contractor Software Construction subcontractors	Raytheon Equipment Division (named April 1977) IBM Federal Systems Gilbane Construction Company (MA) tbd (CA) tbd (GA) tbd (TX)

Ground-breaking Operational Expanded Reduced Replaced	1976 October 27 1980 August 15 1984-7 1995 (GA, TX closed) c. 1990–2001

External images
rear of Scanner Building
element diagram with subarrays (p. 18 Fig. 4)
interior of Beale Scanner Building

Raytheon Equipment Division: 39°15′24″N 84°26′00″W / 39.2566°N 84.4333°W / 39.2566; -84.4333 (MA)
East Coast: 41°45′08″N 70°32′17″W / 41.75222°N 70.53806°W / 41.75222; -70.53806 Cape Cod (6SWS)
West Coast: 39°08′10″N 121°21′03″W / 39.13611°N 121.35083°W / 39.13611; -121.35083 CA (7SWS)
Southeast: 32°34′52″N 83°34′09″W / 32.58111°N 83.56917°W / 32.58111; -83.56917 GA (9SWS)
Southwest: 30°58′44″N 100°33′14″W / 30.979°N 100.554°W / 30.979; -100.554 TX (8MWS)

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