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SCHAUMBURG, Ill. & FORT WAYNE, Ind.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Sparton Corporation (NYSE: SPA) and USSI, a subsidiary of Ultra Electronics Holdings plc (ULE) announce the award of subcontracts valued at $12.9 million to their ERAPSCO joint venture, for the manufacture of 17,000 Passive Sonobuoys for the United States Navy. ERAPSCO will provide production subcontracts in the amount of $4 million and $8.9 million to Sparton Electronics Florida, Inc. and USSI respectively. Production will take place at Spartonas DeLeon Springs, FL facility as well as USSIas Columbia City, IN facility and is expected to be completed by January 2014.

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ERAPSCO was awarded this contract option for the AN/SSQ-53F sonobuoy, a passive acoustic sensor used for detection, classification, and localization of adversary submarines during peacetime and combat operations. The Q53F sonobuoy is 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.

ERAPSCO is firmly committed to the development of innovative technology in supplying the U.S. Navy with quality products that help secure U.S. borders, and proud to continue in its role as a technology partner for the U.S. Navy.

About Sparton Corporation

Sparton Corporation (NYSE:SPA), now in its 112th 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 to technology-driven companies in the medical device, defense & security systems, and electronic manufacturing services markets. Headquartered in Schaumburg, Ill., Sparton currently has four manufacturing locations worldwide. The Company's Web site may be accessed at [ http://www.sparton.com ].

Further information about Ultra:

Ultra Electronics is an internationally successful defence, security, transport and energy company with a long, consistent track record of development and growth. Ultra businesses constantly innovate to create solutions to customer requirements that are different from and better than those of the Groupas competitors. The Group has over one hundred and eighty distinct market or technology niches within its twenty eight businesses. The diversity of niches enables Ultra to contribute to a large number of defence, aerospace and civil platforms and programmes and provides resilience to the Groupas financial performance.

Ultra has world-leading positions in many of its niches and, as an independent, non-threatening partner, is able to support all of the main prime contractors with specialist capabilities and solutions. As a result of such positioning, Ultraas systems, equipment or services are often mission-critical to the successful operation of the platform to which they contribute. In turn, this mission-criticality secures Ultraas positions for the long term which underpin the superior financial performance of the Group.

Ultra offers support to its customers through the design, delivery and support phases of a programme. Ultra businesses have a high degree of operational autonomy where the local management teams are empowered to devise and implement competitive strategies that reflect their expertise in their specific niches. The Group has a small head office and executive team that provide to the individual businesses the same agile, responsive support that they provide to customers as well as formulating Ultraas overarching, corporate strategy.

Safe Harbor and Fair Disclosure Statement

Certain statements described in this press release are forward-looking statements within the scope of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the aSecurities Acta), and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the aExchange Acta). Forward-looking statements may be identified by the words abelieve,a aexpect,a aanticipate,a aproject,a aplan,a aestimate,a awilla or aintenda and similar words or expressions. These forward-looking statements reflect Spartonas current views with respect to future events and are based on currently available financial, economic and competitive data and its current business plans. Actual results could vary materially depending on risks and uncertainties that may affect Spartonas operations, markets, prices and other factors. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, Spartonas financial performance and the implementations and results of its ongoing strategic initiatives. For a more detailed discussion of these and other risk factors, see PartI, Item1A, Risk Factors and PartII, Item7, Managementas Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, in Spartonas Form 10-K for the year ended June30, 2009, and its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Sparton undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by law.

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