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Vintage Texas Instruments AGM-88A HARM Missile contractor presentation/display model from the original U.S. Navy HARM program.This model comes from the personal collection of a contractor who worked on the project. It was acquired along with a Texas Instruments GBU-10C/B Laser Guided Bomb presentation model from the same contractor\'s collection.
The model is mounted on a substantial finished wooden presentation base with its period identification plaque reading:U.S. NAVY
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND
NAVAL WEAPONS CENTER
HARM MISSILE
AGM-88A
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
DALLAS TEXASThe AGM-88A HARM (High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile) was developed as a joint U.S. Navy/U.S. Air Force weapon designed to locate and attack enemy radar emitters. Texas Instruments was selected as the HARM prime contractor in 1974 and subsequently became the original production contractor for the AGM-88A. The first production missiles were delivered in the early 1980s.Provenance: From the personal collection of a contractor who worked on the project. The exact circumstances under which this model was originally issued or presented are unknown, so it is being described conservatively as a contractor presentation/display model.Condition: Original vintage condition with expected age and handling wear. There are scratches, paint loss and other surface marks on the missile, along with age-related wear to the identification plaque and wooden base. It has not been restored or repainted. Please examine all photographs closely as they are part of the description. 10 1/2” length of middleAn unusual piece of Texas Instruments, U.S. Navy, Naval Weapons Center, AGM-88 HARM and Cold War defense-industry history.
