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Three seniors from Northside High School in Houston County are shadowing MERC engineers as part of a Professional Interest Exploration Program designed to help students determine a possible college major. These students will work with MERC engineers for 12 weeks on projects in electromagnetic warfare and electrical, mechanical, software, and aerospace engineering. Pictured from L…

MERC is pleased to announce that we have been selected as a prime contractor on the GSA One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Plus (OASIS+) contract in the Unrestricted Category for the Technical and Engineering Domain. OASIS+ has a 5-year base and one 5-year option period. OASIS+ has been designated as a best-in-class contract by…

MERC would like to recognize the contributions of Tracy Tillman, who retired after 34 years of service at MERC. Tracy served in multiple roles at MERC, including senior principal electrical engineer and senior division manager. Prior to joining us, he spent 27 years in the US Air Force as an aircraft maintenance and ground radar…

MERC employees, family, and friends enjoy food and fellowship at our annual Christmas party.

MERC was delighted to join the 21st Century Partnership’s 2024 Care Package Initiative by supporting our troops here on our homeland and throughout the world.  In honor of the nearly 24,000 men and women who protect our freedom and to support Robins Air Force Base, MERC employees generously donated over 400 items to fill care…

Marina Van Sickle and Skylar Wadas were selected to present their recent work at the 2024 Aircraft Airworthiness and Sustainment conference in San Antonio, TX. Marina’s presentation was titled “Armament Digital Twin.” Skyler presented on the topic of “Using Empirical Loads Regression to Support Damage Tolerance Analysis.” Their presentations will be published in the conference…

MERC is pleased to announce that we have been selected as one of 67 companies that will participate in the nine-year $975 million Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office Multiple Award Contract (RSO-MAC). This contract will assist the Air Force in optimizing the operational readiness and life cycle sustainment costs of Air Force assets. MERC has…

Summer engineering interns Brady Blake (UGA) and Aaron Schneider (Mercer) work on damage limit testing in MERC’s tensile test laboratory. From coupon construction to destructive testing, they are involved in the entire process of the investigation. As part of a major aircraft tooling reverse engineering program, engineering interns Lucas Garza (Georgia Tech) and Niall Walsh…

Summer interns Katie Gibbs (Georgia Tech), Kevin Garza (Georgia Tech), and Steven Carter (Georgia Southern) are working in MERC’s Electronic Warfare and Avionics Product Area supporting the United States Air Force. They are getting hands-on experience with applications such as signal analysis, RF systems, and electronics/avionics design.

MERC was pleased to host a group of local high school students who are participating in the Student Pathways Program (SPP) sponsored by Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex (WR/ALC). These students toured MERC’s facility and several of MERC’s summer engineering interns presented their latest projects and answered questions.