Sparton awarded $28 million sonobuoy subcontract

Sparton Corporation of Schaumburg announced they were awarded a $28.5 million subcontract to manufacture sonobuoys for the United States Navy as part of the Company's ERAPSCO joint venture.

Production will be performed at Sparton's DeLeon Springs, Fla., facility and is expected to be completed by October 2012.

ERAPSCO is a joint venture between Sparton and USSI, a subsidiary of Ultra Electronics Holdings PLC. Under the ERAPSCO subcontract, Sparton will produce 34,458 sonobuoys. The types of sonobuoys to be produced are used to support the United States Naval Antisubmarine Forces. The primary purpose of a sonobuoy is to detect acoustic emissions or reflections from potentially hostile submarines and transmit these signals to US Navy airborne antisubmarine warfare forces.

“Sparton is firmly committed to the development of innovative technology and to supplying the U.S. Navy with quality products that help secure our borders. We are proud to continue in our role as a technology partner for the U.S. Navy,” said Cary Wood, president and CEO, Sparton Corporation.

Sparton is the only U.S.-owned designer and manufacturer of sonobuoys for the U.S. Navy.