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