EXHIBIT 99.1


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002



         In connection with the Annual Report of Sparton Corporation (the
"Company") on Form 10-K for the period ending June 30, 2002, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Periodic Report"),
I, David W. Hockenbrocht, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

         1. The Periodic Report fully complies with the requirements of section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

         2. The information contained in the Periodic Report fairly presents, in
all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.



/s/David W. Hockenbrocht
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David W. Hockenbrocht
Chief Executive Officer
September 27, 2002