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The US Navy ordered an additional 136,000 sonobuoys worth $178.5 million that detect and monitor the movements of submarines around the world, defense... 27.10.2015, Sputnik International

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US Navy Buys 136,000 New Sonobuoys to Track Submarines - Defense Contractor

00:51 GMT 27.10.2015 (Updated: 20:04 GMT 19.10.2022)

© FlickrNaval Air Crewman (Operational Level) 2nd Class Roberto Hernandez, assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 9, analyzes sonobuoy information during a preflight check aboard a P-3 Orion aircraft at Misawa Air Base. VP-9 is on a deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.

Naval Air Crewman (Operational Level) 2nd Class Roberto Hernandez, assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 9, analyzes sonobuoy information during a preflight check aboard a P-3 Orion aircraft at Misawa Air Base. VP-9 is on a deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. - Sputnik International

The US Navy ordered an additional 136,000 sonobuoys worth $178.5 million that detect and monitor the movements of submarines around the world, defense contractor ERAPSCO Company announced in a press release.

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.