LaBarge Awarded $2.2M Contract To Provide Electronic Components For F-16 Radar System

St. Louis, MI - LaBarge, Inc. has received a $2.2M contract from Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Electronic Systems sector to continue to produce an electronic chassis used in the fire control radar system of the F-16 fighter aircraft. LaBarge previously announced a $5.5M contract in September 2006. The company began producing the wired chassis for Northrop Grumman in 2003.

The Northrop Grumman AN/APG-68 fire control radar provides multiple modes, including long-range, all-aspect detection and tracking, simultaneous multiple target tracking and high-resolution ground mapping. Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor for the F-16 aircraft.

LaBarge expects production on the contract, which will be done at its Huntsville, Ark., facility, to begin in April 2008 and continue through November 2008.

Based in Baltimore, Md., Northrop Grumman's Electronic Systems sector is a world leader in the design, development, and manufacture of defense and commercial electronic systems, including airborne radar, navigation systems, electronic countermeasures, precision weapons, airspace management systems, communications systems, space sensors, marine and naval systems, and government systems.

SOURCE: LaBarge, Inc.