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Friday, May 07, 2010

Sparton Awarded $28 Million Q53F, Q62E, and Q36B Sonobuoy Subcontract

Sparton CorporationSparton Corporation announced today, 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 be performed at Sparton's DeLeon Springs, Fla., facility and is expected to be completed by September 2011.

This subcontract announcement follows the Company's previous announcement of its subcontract to manufacture Air Deployable Active Receiver (ADAR) sonobuoys for the U.S. Navy.

ERAPSCO is a joint venture between Sparton and USSI, a subsidiary of Ultra Electronics Holdings PLC. Under the ERAPSCO subcontract, Sparton will produce 33,604 sonobuoys. The types of sonobuoys to be produced are AN/SSQ-53F, AN/SSQ-62E, and AN/SSQ-36B which 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.

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