LaBarge contract means more work for Joplin plant

In a news release issued today, LaBarge, Inc. announced that Raytheon Company awarded it $8 million in contracts to LaBarge Inc. said Tuesday that Raytheon Co.'s missile systems awarded it $8 million in contracts "to provide complex cable assemblies and an integrated firing unit assembly for the Tactical Tomahawk cruise missile."
Work on the contract will continue through October 2007 and will be done at the Joplin and Huntsville, Ark., plants, according to the release.