Officials of the Northrop Grumman Corp. Defensive Systems Division in Rolling Meadows, Ill., selected LaBarge Inc. in St. Louis to produce circuit-card assemblies for one of Northrop Grumman’s latest projects: designing the AN/ALQ-135 internally mounted radar countermeasures system for the F-15K fighter aircraft.

The AN/ALQ-135 radar jammer system automatically can detect and jam enemy radar signals, including those employed by short-range surface-to-air missiles, antiaircraft artillery, and airborne threats, as examples.

The new system will combine with a radar, warning receiver, and chaff/flare dispenser in the aircraft’s tactical electronic warfare system to detect, identify, and counter enemy threats.

Production on this contract, which is valued at $1.7 million, is expected to begin early this summer at LaBarge’s Tulsa, Okla., facility. For more information, visit www.labarge.com.