ST. LOUIS -- LaBarge Inc. has been awarded a $2.2 million dollar contract from
BAE Systems
to produce the ethernet switch unit for the A3 Bradley Combat
Systems vehicles. The ESU functions as a router and a switch, making
local forwarding decisions to devices operated in the vehicle's LAN.
Production is expected to run from June 2006 and through
September 2007 and will be performed at LaBarge's Huntsville, AK, facility.