MERC Contributions:

• Mission Planning
• Mission Analysis
• Systems Engineering
• Integration & Test
• Solid Propulsion Engineering
• Mechanical Design

The U.S. Navy’s Theoretical Studies and Engineering Research (TSER) is a five-year contract (with an option for five additional years) awarded to Northrop Grumman Corporation in 2008 from the U.S. Department of Defense. The contract was created to support theoretical studies and engineering research for Army, Navy, and Air Force research and development programs and has a ceiling of $100 million over a 10-year period. Operations for this contract are based out of Somerset County, Maryland.