ST. LOUIS – Raytheon's Space and Airborne Systems awarded LaBarge Inc. with a contract worth some $5.5 million for continued production of backplane assemblies for the F-22 Raptor fighter plane.
 
LaBarge, which is currently building assemblies for Raytheon, expects production on the extended contract to begin in January 2007.
 
The F-22 was developed for the U.S. Air Force by Lockheed Martin.