Projects
MERC Research Engineering Projects
MERC has experience conducting research engineering projects for both government and commercial clients, serving a wide variety of needs. Explore some of our current projects by clicking on the links below.
B-2 Bomb Release Redesign
USAF-MERC Team Redesigns Critical B-2 Bomb Release Mechanism The Bomb Rack Unit (BRU)-52 carries, monitors, and releases Mark 82 bombs on the B-2 Stealth Bomber. A small team of Air Force and MERC engineers redesigned critical…
C-130 Rainbow Fitting Tooling
MERC designed and developed new Rainbow Fitting (RBF) installation tooling and two separate installation procedures. One set of procedures were created for the removal, replacement, and milling of legacy rainbow fittings using the new tooling set.…
Digital Twin for the MAU-12 Bomb Rack
MERC worked with the United States Air Force Armament Office to develop a digital twin for the MAU-12 bomb rack. The bomb rack is suspended on aircraft using two sets of shackles and ejects conventional and…
AirBERT
Addressing C-130 reliability issues in a timely manner requires connecting supply and maintenance data for ordering new parts or repairing and replacing sections of the aircraft. However, no formal mapping between Work Unit Codes (WUCs) and…
MAGES
Planning the electromagnetic warfare component of a mission requires preparing for multiple hostile and friendly radar systems along a flight path and modeling their expected radio frequency (RF) emissions. MAGES, a multi-asset gamespace engagement simulator designed…
LRU-36A Life Raft
The USAF tasked MERC with leading the redesign of a life raft to be deployed in the unlikely event of an over water emergency. The LRU-36A life raft is a critical piece of survival equipment that…
AIRCAT
Individual Aircraft Tracking Programs MERC provides application development and support services for the C-130 System Program Office’s Automated Inspection, Repair, Corrosion, and Aircraft Tracking (AIRCAT) system. AIRCAT is the Individual Aircraft Tracking Program (IATP) of record…