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 Quarterly Report of Sparton Corporation (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 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. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 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
November 14, 2002