ST. LOUIS -- LaBarge, a provider of electronics manufacturing services (EMS), has been awarded contracts valued at approximately $8.4 million from Kaman Aerospace Corporation to provide cockpit wiring harnesses for several models of the Black Hawk helicopter. The LaBarge-built wiring harnesses will be installed in cockpits of the UH-60M and UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters, and the HH-60M Medevac model.
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Kaman is a subcontractor to Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., on the Black Hawk program. The U.S. Army multi-mission combat assault helicopter transports troops, weapons systems and supplies. The Army uses the Medevac helicopter to provide medical evacuation of injured soldiers and assistance to civilian populations in times of crisis.
In addition to the cockpit wiring harnesses it builds for Kaman, LaBarge provides electronic assemblies directly to Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. for the Black Hawk program. LaBarge is a Sikorsky/United Technologies Corp. gold supplier and has supported the helicopter program since 2005.
Production on the new contracts has begun at LaBarge's Joplin, Mo., facility and is expected to continue through October 2011. For more information, visit www.labarge.com.
