The 635th Radar Squadron, which used the AN/CPS-5 to perform its mission, joined the Semi Automatic Ground Environment system, a system of large computers and associated networking equipment, in 1960.
Its main search radar to perform this mission at this time was the AN/CPS-5. It joined the Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) system and was redesignated as a Radar Squadron in 1960. The Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) was a system of large computers and associated networking equipment that coordinated data from many radar sites and processed it to produce a single unified image of the airspace over a wide area. 
