OVERVIEW: The AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiaion Guided Missile (AARGM) is a high speed, solid fuel, medium-range, air-to-ground anti-radiation missile designed to attack enemy radars.
DETAILS: The AGM-88E AARGM is an upgrade to earlier AGM-88B/C/D airframes and warheads by adding a W-band MMW radar, a GPS receiver, and an anti-radiation homing (ARH) seeker. The MMW radar give improved target discrimination during the terminal phase, and in conjunction with the ARH improves the AARGM's ability to resist RF shutdown tactics. It also allows the weapon to be used against a non-emitting target. The GPS allows the AARGM to set impact and avoidance zones, minimizing the risk of collateral damage. The AARGM also used an Integrated Broadcast Service (IBS) system and Weapon Impact Assessment (WIA) subsystem providing battle damage impact assessment immediately prior to impact.
SPECIFICATION:
Weight: 355 kilograms (783 lb)
Warhead: 66 kilogram WDU-21/B blast-fragmentation in a WAU-7/B warhead section, and later WDU-37/B blast-fragmentation warhead.
Propellant: Solid fuel
Operational range: 150 kilometres; 92 miles (80 nmi)
Speed: 2,280 km/h (1,420 mph)
Guidance system: Passive radar homing with home-on-jam,GPS/INS and MMW active radar homing in E variant. 500-20,000 MHz for AGM-88C
NOTES: Compatible with the F/A-18C/D, FA-18E/F, EA-18G, F-35, F-16 C/J and Italian Tornado IDS/ECR.
SOURCES: Jane's Air-Launched Weapons, AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiaion Guided Missile (AARGM) 01 December 2013 ; Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. "AGM-88 HARM." Accessed November 1, 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-88_HARM ; Federation Of American Scientists -. "AGM-88 HARM (high-speed antiradiation missile) - Smart Weapons." Accessed November 1, 2014. http://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/smart/agm-88.htm.A69417C5B49 ; U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command. "AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile | NAVAIR - U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command - Navy and Marine Corps Aviation Research, Development, Acquisition, Test and Evaluation." Accessed November 1, 2014. http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.display&key=AF4153AA-5454-44D2-B01A-AA69417C5B49 ; Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org
