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June 22, 2011 defpro.com
ST. LOUIS | LaBarge, Inc. (NYSE Amex: LB), a provider of electronics manufacturing services (EMS), has been awarded a contract from The Boeing Company to produce wiring harnesses for the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) System. Financial terms were not disclosed. LaBarge anticipates follow-on orders.
The SM-3 is part of the sea-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System for the Missile Defense Agency and will be deployed on Aegis cruisers and destroyers to provide allied forces and the United States protection against short- to medium-range ballistic missile threats in the midcourse phase of flight. The LaBarge-built cables are part of the SM-3 Kinetic Warhead. On Feb. 20, 2008, during a real-world mission, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Navy intercepted and destroyed a non-functioning satellite with the Aegis SM-3 launched from the USS Lake Erie. Raytheon is the prime integrator of the SM-3. Boeing is a subcontractor to Raytheon.
Production on the contract has begun and is expected to continue through June 2011 at LaBarge’s Joplin, Mo., operation.
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