CAWS or Caws may refer to: *

Caws (surname) Caws is a surname, and may refer to: *Frank Caws (1846–1905), British architect *Joan Caws Joan Caws (née Halsey; died November 2, 2017) was a British English draughts player. Caws was a multiple-times English champion, a 1979 British champio ...

, a list of people with the name * Central aural warning system, a

voice warning system A voice warning system is a system designed to alert the crew of an aircraft to imminent safety hazards. It is often known as a ''Bitchin' Betty'', a slang term used by some pilots and aircrew and submariners (mainly North American). The enunciat ...

on McDonnell Douglas aircraft and the Boeing 717 *

Chicago Area Waterway System The Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS) is a complex of natural and artificial waterways extending through much of the Chicago metropolitan area, covering approximately 87 miles altogether. It straddles the Chicago Portage and is the sole navigabl ...

, administered by the

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD), originally known as the Sanitary District of Chicago, is a special-purpose district chartered to operate in Cook County, Illinois since 1889. Although its name may imply other ...

Common Arrangement of Work Sections ''Common Arrangement of Work Sections'' (CAWS), first published in 1987, is a construction industry working convention in the UK. It was designed to promote standardisation of, and detailed coordination between, bills of quantities and specificat ...

, a construction industry working convention in the UK *

Continuous Automatic Warning System The Continuous Automatic Warning System (CAWS) is a form of cab signalling and train protection system used in Ireland to help train drivers observe and obey lineside signals. CAWS has been in use on Iarnród Éireann diesel trains since 1984. All ...

, a cab signalling and train protection system used in Ireland *

AAI CAWS The AAI CAWS (Close Assault Weapon System) is a prototype automatic shotgun—designed as a combat shotgun— produced by the AAI Corporation during the 1980s. It was AAI's entry into the U.S military's Close Assault Weapon System program. It is ...

, a Close Assault Weapon System *

Heckler & Koch HK CAWS The Heckler & Koch HK CAWS (Close Assault Weapon System) is a prototype automatic shotgun—designed as a combat shotgun—co-produced by Heckler & Koch and Winchester/Olin during the 1980s. It was Heckler & Koch's entry into the U.S military's C ...

, a Close Assault Weapon System

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