ERAPSCO Grabs HAASW Development Services Deal from US Navy

February 12, 2013

ERAPSCO Inc. is being awarded a $7.1 million modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for engineering and manufacturing development services in support of the High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare system (HAASW).

Work will be performed in DeLeon Springs, Fla. (52 percent) and Columbia City, Ind. (48 percent), and is expected to be completed in May 2014.

The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

HAASW integrates modified sonobuoy sensors to enhance the P-8A capability to conduct its mission at higher than traditional fixed-wing airborne ASW altitudes. These higher altitudes will enable greater communications range with large area buoy fields and greater coverage from other onboard non-acoustic sensors.

The HAASW capability for P-8A will be integrated as part of the Increment 2 upgrade to the baseline (Increment 1) aircraft and include the following technologies:

Receive, process, and store in-buoy GPS data received from AN/SSQ-53, AN/SSQ-62, and AN/SSQ -101B sonobuoys
Integrate the GPS Drop Vector Algorithm (GDVA) to enhance buoy splash point prediction and accuracy in real time
Receive, command, and process the AN/SSQ-101B buoy with the digital uplink/downlink format for Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) mitigation and increased bandwidth, while retaining legacy uplink/downlink capability

Earlier this month, ERAPSCO won another contract for the manufacture of sonobuoys for the United States Navy.

Under the aforesaid order, ERAPSCO will provide production subcontracts in the amount of $10.1 million and $7.8 million to Sparton Electronics Florida, Inc. and USSI respectively.

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Naval Today Staff, February 12, 2013; Image: Navy