ERC, Inc., an engineering and scientific services company, provides independent assessment, IT, and operations and maintenance support services to department of defense, NASA, and commercial clients in the United States. The company assists in documenting, preserving, preparing, and distributing samples of lunar rocks and soils, meteorites from Antarctica, cosmic dust collected in the stratosphere, and solar wind samples; and provides research support in the areas of new chemical compounds, aero-physics research, propulsion technologies, controllable thrust propulsion, materials studies, laser and plasma diagnostics, and high energy density matter propellants. It also engages in designing, fabricating, installing, and preserving test setups; maintaining data and inventory records of equipment and property; gauge calibration and verification to test facilities; operating government test and ancillary equipment for data reduction, analysis, and management; and supporting test article instrumentation and telemetry, and documenting test efforts. The companyâs operations and maintenance support services include test system safety, quality assurance, technical training, precision cleaning and fluid component refurbishment, calibration, machining and welding, maintenance of special personal protective equipment, photo and video, electronic and audio-visual equipment maintenance, and technical editing. Its IT support services include network engineering, network administration, and system administration. The company was formerly known as Engineering Research & Consulting, Inc. and changed its name to ERC, Inc. in 198