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Materials Sciences Corporation

Materials Sciences Corporation (MSC) is a small business headquartered in Horsham, Pennsylvania, just 10 miles north of Philadelphia. MSC is in its 39 year of serving major corporate, academic and government agency clients, and is a recognized industry leader in design and analysis of composite materials and structures. MSC performs both individually and as part of integrated teams to execute both long and short term projects.

MSC is committed to excellence in research, design, analysis, testing and prototyping, MSC’s experience base includes R&D, design, computational methods development, training, testing, and prototyping programs. MSC business experience includes large composite marine structures (DDG-1000, LPD-17, CVN-77 Composite Mainmast, AEM/s Mast), tactical vehicles & systems (All-Composite Military Vehicle, Composite Modular Bridge), composite missile systems, aircraft design support (Boeing 787 Dreamliner), and medical systems requiring non-metallic structures.

In addition, MSC has developed both energy absorbing and energy dissipating composite solutions for blast mitigation and ballistic applications. MSC supports its design and validation programs with a full compliment of in-house test capabilities, including a wide array of test frames and test equipment, multifunctional fabric manufacturing equipment, commercial software products and specialty materials analysis software, and equipment for the non-destructive evaluation of composite materials.

For more information contact: Gary W. Schuerfeld, Director, Strategic Programs
(215) 542-8400 (PA Office), (703) 838-8446 (DC Office)