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Sperry History

The history of the Sperry Corporation and Sperry Marine is a proud one. It is the story of technological innovation and the application of that technology to everyday, real world uses. The history of Sperry Gyroscope and its successor companies and that heritage that ultimately resides with Sperry Marine, is one that follows the basic tenets of the founder himself. E.A. Sperry was first and foremost an engineer of the highest caliber. But to his credit, he was also as equally talented as an entrepreneur. The Sperry Marine of today continues to embody those two attributes.

Sperry Marine has its origins in the Sperry Gyroscope Company. Named after its founder, Elmer A. Sperry, and established on April 19, 1910, with no outside financing, no products, no employees, but with an "unquenchable enthusiasm". Sperry Gyroscope grew to be a multinational technological powerhouse known the world over. Through over 80 years of maritime and naval history, Sperry Marine tracks its lineage back to Dr. Sperry's famous company. This is an abbreviated history of the Sperry Marine Company and its evolution from those early beginnings to the company that today is recognized as one of the preeminent marine technology and manufacturing companies in the world.

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Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine has provided dedicated Performance Based Logistics (PBL) and Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) to the United States Navy for the past four and one-half years. In 2000, Sperry Marine captured its initial PBL program on the company designed, manufactured and supported AN/BPS-15H navigation radar system. Due to consistent on-time delivery and sustained performance, the U.S. Navy later expanded and extended requested parts support, number of requisitions, and added the BPS-15J and BPS-16 radar systems to the PBL program. Over 600 requisitions were satisfied over the initial contract's period of performance, with Sperry Marine exceeding its fill rate metrics 90-percent of the time, well above the contractual requirement of 85-percent.

In recognition of Sperry Marine's successful material support and customer satisfaction, the company was awarded a five-year PBL contract to support the U.S. Navy's AN/WSN-7/7A/B Inertial Navigation System and AN/BPS 15H/J and 16 Navigation Radar in September 2004. The Inertial Navigation System (WSN-7/7A/B) is currently installed on over 300 U.S. Navy surface ships and submarines and is the primary electronic navigation system on these platforms. With the award of this PBL contract, Sperry Marine has become the sole source provider to the U.S. Navy forces worldwide for the 179 Lowest Repairable Units (LRU) in two high visibility and mission critical systems. In addition to the management of spares inventoried for LRUs, the contract involves obsolescence management, responding to fleet Casualty Reports (CASREPs) within 24 hours, engineering change proposals, reliability analysis and associated system improvement, and system configuration verification.

Sperry Marine also is in the fifth year of a logistics support contract for a 23 station Sperry Marine Integrated Bridge System on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WGAB-20) homeported in Seattle, Washington. Material supply and on-site technical support, annual shipboard grooms, operator and maintenance training, and configuration and contract management are provided.