Sierra Nevada Corp. wins $29.5M contract to support Navy personnel

Sierra Nevada Corp. has won a contract extension and been awarded an option totaling $29.5 million to continue support of Navy explosive ordnance disposal personnel.

Under the contract, Sierra Nevada Corp. will provide procurement and support of the transmitting set, countermeasures AN/PLT-5 to support explosive ordnance disposal personnel, the Defense Department said in a release.

The AN/PLT-5 is a man-portable system in support of the Joint Service Explosive Ordnance Disposal Counter Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare program.

Work will be performed in Rancho, Calif., and is expected to be completed in March 2017.