ST. LOUIS –
Northrop Grumman has awarded EMS provider
LaBarge Inc. a $12 million contract to provide electronic subsystems for the MESA (Multi-role Electronically Scanned Array) radar system.
The MESA radar is an airborne surveillance radar system used in military aircraft with airborne early warning and control platforms; it currently flies in Boeing’s 737-700 series aircraft.
Production is expected to run through mid 2009 at LaBarge's Huntsville, AK, facility.