LaBarge Awarded $2 Million in Contracts from Atlantic Inertial Systems.

ST. LOUIS -- LaBarge, Inc. (NYSE Amex: LB) has been awarded new contracts valued at $2 million from Atlantic Inertial Systems (AIS) to provide high-reliability printed circuit board assemblies. The assemblies will support the Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) and Common Air Launched Navigation System (CALNS) programs. LaBarge anticipates follow-on orders.

Production on the contracts is expected to begin at LaBarge's Tulsa, Okla., facility in January 2010 and continue through May 2011.

LaBarge, Inc. is a broad-based provider of electronics to technology-driven companies in diverse markets. The Company provides its customers with sophisticated electronic and electromechanical products through contract design and manufacturing services. Headquartered in St. Louis, LaBarge has operations in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin. The Company's Web site may be accessed at http://www.labarge.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements reflect management's current expectations and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from such statements due to a variety of factors that could adversely affect LaBarge, Inc.'s operating results. These risks and factors are set forth in documents LaBarge, Inc. files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically in the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and other reports it files from time to time. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date such statements were made, or as of the date of the report or document in which they are contained, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update such information.