WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — ERAPSCO, based in Columbia City, Indiana, is the world’s largest producer of sonobuoys, according to the company’s web site.
“ERAPSCO… is being awarded a $178,565,050… contract… for the procurement of up to 6,000AN/SSQ-36 sonobuoys; 95,000 AN/SSQ-53 sonobuoys; 15,500 AN/SSQ-62 sonobuoys; 10,000 AN/SSQ-101 sonobuoys; and 10,000 AN/SSQ-125 sonobuoys,” the release read on Monday.
A sonobuoy is buoy usually 13 cm or five inches in diameter and 91 cm, or three feet long, equipped with an expendable sonar system that is dropped or ejected from aircraft or ships conducting anti-submarine warfare.
Work on the contract is expected to be completed in October 2017, the release noted.
