Parker Aerospace selects LaBarge electronic assemblies for military aircraft

ST. LOUIS, 2 June 2010. Parker Aerospace’s Electronic Systems Division has selected LaBarge Inc. as a manufacturing partner providing printed circuit card assemblies for a variety of aircraft programs. The value of the award is approximately $5 million a year.

The LaBarge-built printed circuit card assemblies will be used for a variety of military and commercial aircraft programs, including the Boeing C-17 military transport aircraft and the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II (Joint Strike Fighter). Production is taking place at LaBarge’s Tulsa, Okla., facility.

“Recent capital investments at our Tulsa operation give us the state-of-the-art technology and manufacturing flexibility to meet our customer’s unique requirements for high-performance printed circuit card assemblies,” says Craig LaBarge, chief executive officer and president, LaBarge Inc.