Work under the contract will be performed at the Expeditionary Warfare Center, San Diego, California; and Seapower Capability Center, Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

Dan Smith, president of Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, said: "With this award, Raytheon will continue to deliver critical ship systems support to ensure mission success for our Navy customer. We are committed to providing the US Navy fleet with the technology, capabilities and support to achieve its mission objectives."

In January, the company won a $23m contract from the US Navy to serve as the platform systems engineering agent for a ship self-defense system and manage the integration of upgrades to carrier and amphibious ship combat systems.

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Production on the contract, which will take place at LaBarge's Berryville, Ark., plant, is expected to begin in January 2010 and continue through December 2011.

LaBarge, Inc. is a broad-based provider of electronics to technology-driven companies in diverse markets. The Company provides its customers with sophisticated electronic and electromechanical products through contract design and manufacturing services. Headquartered in St. Louis, LaBarge has operations in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin. The Company's Web site may be accessed at http://www.labarge.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements reflect management's current expectations and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from such statements due to a variety of factors that could adversely affect LaBarge, Inc.'s operating results. These risks and factors are set forth in documents LaBarge, Inc. files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically in the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and other reports it files from time to time. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date such statements were made, or as of the date of the report or document in which they are contained, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update such information.

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The U.S. Navy TCS system provides an opportunity to develop a low-risk, low-cost and effective common ground control system for full range of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) across multiple agencies. TCS is the only system that exhibits key enablers such as common system framework, open documented interfaces and air-certified software, while giving the government unlimited rights necessary to develop UAS control across the spectrum of missions, applications and air vehicles.

"This is a huge step for the TCS program," said Ravindra Nirgudkar, program manager for Raytheon's Tactical Control System. "This deployment solidifies TCS' position as the future ground control system not only for the U.S. Navy but also with other services."

Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems is a leading provider of intelligence and information solutions, specializing in ground processing, unmanned ground systems, cybersecurity solutions, homeland security and other markets to resolve the most complex problems for its customers worldwide. IIS had 2008 revenues of $3.1 billion and employs more than 9,000 engineering and technical professionals worldwide.

Raytheon Company with 2008 sales of $23.2 billion, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 87 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad range of mission support services. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 73,000 people worldwide.

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"Insider and external threats to critical infrastructures are increasing and pose some of the most serious economic and security challenges that we face," said Steve Hawkins, vice president of Information Security Solutions at Raytheon. "Xceedium's GateKeeper extends the same degree of visibility and control that Raytheon SureView provides on the endpoint across the entire network. We can now offer customers uninterrupted and seamless control, monitoring and audit of user activity anywhere on the endpoint or network."

Xceedium GateKeeper controls access and audits users from end to end, providing technology for customers to right-size privileges based on policy trust models with enforcement and audit for access to critical infrastructure. SureView is an insider threat protection solution installed on endpoints that identifies and investigates user activity that violates policy so organizations can proactively manage insider incidents.

"The partnership enhances the offerings by delivering unmatched enforcement, monitoring and auditing of all user activity across all endpoints for the entire infrastructure," said Cheryl Traverse, president and CEO of Xceedium. "This comprehensive joint offering allows the transparency, accountability and control required to effectively enforce policy, monitor and audit user activity. Xceedium and Raytheon provide customers - whether they are employees, partners, vendors, contractors or consultants - with strong controls, monitoring and auditing needed to manage these users.

Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems is a leading provider of intelligence and information solutions, specializing in ground processing, unmanned ground systems, cybersecurity solutions, homeland security and other markets to resolve the most complex problems for its customers worldwide. IIS had 2008 revenues of $3.1 billion and employs more than 9,000 engineering and technical professionals worldwide

Raytheon Company, with 2008 sales of $23.2 billion, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 87 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad range of mission support services. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 73,000 people worldwide.

Xceedium is the premier provider of access control and audit solutions that reduce the complexity and cost of controlling and users. Employing unique and patent-pending technologies, the Xceedium GateKeeper line of hardened appliances delivers restrictive access, compartmentalization, containment of users to authorized areas, monitoring, tracking, recording and comprehensive reporting to meet compliance requirements. For more information, visit www.xceedium.com.

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