ST. LOUIS -- LaBarge Inc. won $8 million in contracts from Raytheon Missile Systems to provide cable assemblies and an integrated firing unit assembly for the Tactical Tomahawk cruise missile. The company anticipates follow-on orders.

Production will take place at LaBarge's Joplin, MO, and Huntsville, AK, facilities and is expected to continue through October 2007.

LaBarge, an EMS provider, is a Raytheon preferred supplier and received Raytheon's 2004 Leadership Excellence Award for outstanding business practices.