Press Releases

Continuing our commitment to a strong and capable U.S. Defense Industrial Base FORT WORTH, TEXAS – April 6, 2021 – Elbit Systems of America, LLC (“Elbit Systems of America”) has completed the acquisition of Sparton Corporation (“Sparton”) from an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. for $380 million, subject to customary price adjustments, resulting in […]

Company to Focus Exclusively on its Industry-Leading Engineered Defense Products Business DE LEON SPRINGS, FL. – JUNE 26, 2020 – Sparton Corporation (“Sparton”), a leading provider of engineered products for the defense industry, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its contract manufacturing unit, Manufacturing & Design Services (“MDS”), to […]

DELEON SPRINGS, FL. – January 9, 2019 – Sparton Corporation (NYSE:SPA) today announced the issuance of two patents to the Company by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. One for an invention that protects electronic circuits from electromagnetic fields and one for the invention of a high efficiency power amplifier. Patent number 10,070,547 is […]

DELEON SPRINGS, FL – November 13, 2018- Sparton Corporation (NYSE:SPA) announced that its DeLeon Springs, FL Design and Development Group has been successfully appraised at CMMI-Maturity Level 3 (Dev v1.3). The appraisal was performed by AgileDigm of Ormond Beach, FL. Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) is a capability improvement framework that provides organizations with the […]

DELEON SPRINGS, FL – November 6, 2018- Sparton Corporation (NYSE:SPA) announces it has teamed with Leidos Maritime Systems (NYSE:LDOS) to support the Acoustic Device Countermeasure (ADC) MK5 program.  The MK5 is a Next Generation Countermeasure (NGCM) intended to replace the ADC MK3. The ADC MK 5 is a three-inch diameter expendable device that is submarine […]

DELEON SPRINGS, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sep. 11, 2018–Sparton Corporation (NYSE:SPA) announced that its DeLeon Springs, FL facility achieved the AS9100:2016 certification. The AS9100:2016 certification recognizes Sparton’s ongoing commitment to continual improvement in meeting and exceeding industry requirements for the civil and defense markets. AS9100 is the international management system standard for the aerospace and defense industries. Based on the ISO […]

DELEON SPRINGS, FL (May 30, 2018) – Sparton Corporation (NYSE:SPA) and its DeLeon Springs, FL facility were recognized for outstanding performance as a supplier to Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) at the Supplier Excellence Conference held in Boston, MA on May 17, 2018. Raytheon’s Integrated Defense Systems business instituted the annual Supplier Excellence Awards program […]

DE LEON SPRINGS, FL (October 9, 2017) – Sparton Corporation (NYSE:SPA) announced the release of the INS-20. The INS-20 is the first of its kind – a MEMS-based Inertial Navigation System (INS) that integrates SAASM GPS with the industry leading heading accuracy of the Sparton AHRS-M2. The INS-20 provides fully compliant Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module […]

DE LEON SPRINGS, FL (March 7, 2017) – Sparton Corporation (NYSE:SPA) announced the integration of their industry-leading Attitude Heading Reference System (AHRS) products on Riptide Autonomous Solutions unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs).  Riptide chose Sparton’s revolutionary AHRS M-series due to the product’s ability to deliver another level of navigation precision in a very small form factor […]

DE LEON SPRINGS, FL (September 26, 2016) – Sparton Navigation and Exploration, a business unit of Sparton Corporation (NYSE:SPA), announced the release of the revolutionary AHRS-M2. The AHRS-M2 is a next generation Attitude Heading Reference System (AHRS) that delivers industry leading heading accuracy. The AHRS-M2 is a fully temperature compensated, micro-sized, light weight, low power […]

DELEON SPRINGS, FL (February 8, 2016) – Sparton Corporation (NYSE: SPA) was recently selected by another major government contractor to be the inertial system supplier for their navigation system. During the selection process, the contractor performed extensive testing of multiple MEMS-based (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) AHRS (Attitude Heading Reference Systems). The Sparton AHRS-8 system achieved the design […]

DELEON SPRINGS, FLA.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 11, 2016– Sparton Corporation (NYSE: SPA) today announced that their DeLeon Springs Facility has won the 2015 Florida Manufacturer of the Year award. The awards ceremony was held at the 12th Annual Manufacturers Summit and Marketplace in West Palm Beach, FL. The winners were determined and announced by the Manufacturers Association of Florida […]

Sparton Navigation and Exploration, a business unit of Sparton Corporation (NYSE: SPA), released its improved gyro enhanced attitude and heading measurement system, the GED-6E, and the enhanced tilt attitude heading system, the DC-4E. Download Sparton Releases Improved Attitude and Heading Systems.pdf →

Sparton Navigation and Exploration (NYSE: SPA) is introducing an enhanced MEMS based sensing Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU-10), at AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems North America symposium August 12 – 15, 2013 in Washington D.C. Download IMU-10 press release.pdf →

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