LaBarge has produced the MK200 Controllers in its Huntsville, Ark., facility for nearly a decade. The Company expects production for this new contract to begin in February 2005.
Deployed in fleets such as the Arleigh Burke class of guided-missile destroyers, the large controllers are an integral part of the MK99 Fire Control System, used in the US Navy's most advanced air defense system - the Aegis combat system.
The Aegis system integrates missiles, rapid-fire Gatling gun cannons and electronic countermeasures to provide anti-air, anti- surface and anti-submarine warfare protection to the naval fleet.
A four-time recipient of the US Navy's prestigious Aegis Excellence Award, LaBarge's long-term involvement with the Aegis program also includes a variety of high-performance electronic assemblies, which it has manufactured for more than a decade.