Sparton gains Navy contract
SCHAUMBURG - Sparton Corp. announced the award of a $28 million subcontract to manufacture sonobuoys for the United States Navy as part of the company's ERAPSCO joint venture.
Production will take place at Sparton's DeLeon Springs, Fla., facility and is expected to be completed by September 2011.
Under the ERAPSCO subcontract, Sparton will produce 33,604 sonobuoys.
The purpose of a sonobuoy is to detect acoustic emissions or reflections from potentially hostile submarines and transmit these signals to airborne anti-submarine warfare forces.
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