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Sparton Awarded $8.9 Million High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare (HAASW) Technology Development Subcontract
Dépèche transmise le 6 septembre 2011 par Business Wire
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sparton Corporation (NYSE: SPA) is announcing a United States Navy award of an $8.9 million subcontract for sonobuoy design enhancements under the High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare (HAASW) Technology Development program. Tasks to develop, integrate and test a digital data link and Global Positioning System (GPS) into the AN/SSQ-101A production sonobuoy and a Global Positioning System and analog data link in the AN/SSQ-53 and AN/SSQ-62 sonobuoys are included as part of the program. Under the Company’s ERAPSCO joint venture, these engineering design services will be performed at the Sparton DeLeon Springs, Florida facility and are expected to be complete by February 2013. ERAPSCO is a joint venture between Sparton and USSI, a subsidiary of Ultra Electronics Holdings PLC.
“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 for this next generation product”
HAASW modified sonobuoys, including a new AN/SSQ-101A digital data link and the addition of GPS, significantly augments the ASW mission for the new P-8 Poseidon aircraft and the worldwide capability of other U.S. Navy aircraft platforms. As part of the Technology Development effort, ERAPSCO will build a small quantity of the HAASW modified sonobuoys to support U.S. Navy tests. Qualification of the ERAPSCO built HAASW modified sonobuoy is anticipated in subsequent contracts.
“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 for this next generation product,” said Cary Wood, president and CEO, Sparton Corporation.
Currently headquartered in Schaumburg, Sparton is the only U.S.-owned designer and manufacturer of sonobuoys for the U.S. Navy.
About Sparton Corporation
Sparton Corporation (NYSE:SPA), now in its 111th year, is a provider of complex and sophisticated electromechanical devices with capabilities that include concept development, industrial design, design and manufacturing engineering, production, distribution, and field service. The primary market classifications served are Navigation & Exploration, Defense & Security, Medical, and Complex Systems. Headquartered in Schaumburg, IL, Sparton currently has five manufacturing locations worldwide. Sparton's Web site may be accessed at http://www.sparton.com.
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