Monday, January 24, 2011

AGM-88 HARM, US Air to Surface Missile

The AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) is a tactical, air-to-surface missile designed to home in on electronic transmissions coming from surface-to-air radar systems. It was originally developed by Texas Instruments (TI) as a replacement for the AGM-45 Shrike and AGM-78 Standard ARM system. Production was later taken over by Raytheon Corporation (RAYCO) when they purchased TI's defense business.

The newest upgrade is a joint venture by the Italian Ministry of Defense and the US Department of Defense: the AGM-88E Advanced Anti Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM), produced by Alliant Techsystems.

The AARGM will feature the latest software, enhanced capabilities intended to counter radar shutdown, passive radar and active millimeter wave seekers. It will be released in November 2010.

It will be initially integrated onto the FA-18C/D, FA-18E/F, EA-18G and Tornado ECR aircraft and later on the F-35.
AGM-88 HARM
Type Air-to-surface anti-radiation missile
Service history
In service 1985 - present
Used by USA and others
Wars Gulf War, Kosovo War, Iraq War
Production history
Designer Texas Instruments
Designed 1983
Manufacturer Texas Instruments, then Raytheon Corporation
Unit cost US$284,000
Produced 1985–present
Specifications
Weight 355 kilograms (780 lb)
Length 4.1 metres (13 ft)
Diameter 254 millimetres (10.0 in)

Warhead WDU-21/B blast-fragmentation in a WAU-7/B warhead section, and later WDU-37/B blast-framentation warhead.
Warhead weight 66 kilograms (150 lb)
Detonation
mechanism
FMU-111/B laser proximity fuze

Engine Thiokol SR113-TC-1 dual-thrust rocket engine
64,000 pounds-force (280 kN)
Wingspan 1.1 metres (3.6 ft)
Propellant Solid Fuel
Operational
range
57 nautical miles (66 mi; 106 km)
Speed 2,280 kilometres per hour (1,420 mph)
Guidance
system
Passive radar homing with home-on-jam, EHF active radar homing in E variant. 500-20,000 MHz for AGM-88C
Launch
platform
F/A-18, F-4G, F-16, Tornado IDS, F-35 and others

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