ST. LOUIS -- LaBarge Inc. has been awarded a multi-year, $24 million contract by Raytheon Missile Systems to provide cables and harnesses for the Joint Standoff Weapon system.

The impact on 2005 revenues is expected to be $1.65 million, LaBarge said.

The contract has an estimated value of $24 million through 2012.

Work will be performed at LaBarge's Joplin, MO, facility. LaBarge is a contract electronics assembler.

The Navy uses JSOW in its fighter jets as a glide weapon. It uses GPS information to find its target.