St. Louis, Aug. 25, 2008: LaBarge, Inc. has been awarded a $1.1 million contract from Northrop Grumman to provide electronic assemblies for its new Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR), which consolidates the missions of five Marine Corps radars into a single multirole radar system. The Company expects to receive follow-on orders.
G/ATOR is part of a portfolio of programs managed by the Program Executive Officer Land Systems that will provide the Marines with enhanced capabilities to detect, track, and provide target quality data to engage hostile aircraft, cruise missiles, unmanned air vehicles, rockets, mortars, and artillery. G/ATOR will also provide robust air traffic control capabilities to enhance the safety of Marine Corps air operations.
Production on the contract began this summer at LaBarge's Tulsa operation and is expected to continue through January 2009.
St. Louis, Aug. 20, 2008: LaBarge, Inc. has received the initial award in a multiyear agreement from Raytheon Missile Systems to provide complex interconnect harnesses for the new Miniature Air Launch Decoy (MALD) program. The Company anticipates the full value of the award will be approximately $9.7 million through September 2011 with low-rate initial production beginning this year and full-rate production scheduled to begin in the fall of 2010. Production will take place at LaBarge's Joplin, MO, operation.
MALD is a low-cost, air-launched programmable missile that accurately duplicates the combat flight profiles and signatures of U.S. and allied aircraft. In addition to protecting valuable aircraft, MALD offers counter air operations to neutralize, if not destroy, air defense systems that pose a threat to U.S. and allied pilots. MALD successfully completed government and Raytheon seamless verification team flight testing in January, setting the stage for the program to enter low-rate initial production (LRIP) this year.
Raytheon Company, with 2007 sales of $21.3 billion, is a technology leader specializing in defense, homeland security, and other government markets throughout the world. With headquarters in Waltham, MA, Raytheon employs 72,000 people worldwide.
LaBarge, Inc. is a broad-based provider of electronics to technology-driven companies in diverse markets. The Company provides its customers with sophisticated electronic and electromechanical products through contract design and manufacturing services.
