LaBarge awarded $1 million in contracts from BAE Systems for Common Missile Warning System

ST. LOUIS--LaBarge, Inc. (NYSE Amex: LB) has received contracts valued at $1 million from BAE Systems to continue to produce ruggedized circuit card assemblies for the AN/AAR-57 Common Missile Warning System (CMWS).

The CMWS defends military helicopters, and transport and tactical aircraft from heat-seeking and radio frequency missiles by detecting and warning crews of missile threats, and cueing countermeasures. The CMWS is deployed on a variety of military aircraft for the U.S. Army as well as several military aircraft for the United Kingdom.

Production on the contracts is expected to begin in April 2010 and continue through March 2011 at LaBarge's Tulsa, Okla., facility.