July 19 (UPI) -- ERAPSCO, a joint venture of Sparton and Ultra Electronics, has been awarded a potential $1 billion contract to build and deliver 932,500 sonobuoys for the U.S. Navy.
The contract for the sonobuoys, which detect and transmit underwater audio to submarines and ships using built-in air-launched electromechanical acoustic sensors, covers AN/SSQ-62F, AN/SSQ-53G, AN/SSQ-36B and AN/SSQ-101B, the Department of Defense said Thursday.