Sparton Corporation is announcing award of a $19.3 million subcontract to manufacture sonobuoys for the United States Navy as part of the ERAPSCO joint venture. Under an ERAPSCO subcontract, Sparton will produce subassemblies for more than 7,320 AN/SSQ-101A (Q-101A) sonobuoys to support United States Naval Antisubmarine Forces. The AN/SSQ-101A Air Deployable Active Receiver (ADAR) sonobuoy is an A-size, expendable, acoustic signal receive array. With on-board digital signal processing and a Sparton Digital Compass for bearing determination, target localization and tracking by Navy Maritime Patrol Aircraft is achieved.
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