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NATURE OF OPERATIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Nature Of Operations [Abstract]  
NATURE OF OPERATIONS
NOTE 1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS

Dynamics Research Corporation and subsidiaries (collectively the “Company”) is a leading provider of innovative management consulting, engineering, technical, information technology services and solutions to federal and state governments.  Founded in 1955 and headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, the Company has approximately 1,500 employees located throughout the United States.  The Company operates as a parent corporation as well as through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Kadix Systems, LLC, H.J. Ford Associates, Inc. High Performance Technologies, Inc. and DRC International Corporation.

The Company provides support to its customers in the primary mission areas of information technology, logistics and readiness, cyber security and information assurance, homeland security, healthcare and intelligence and space.  Customers include the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, federal civilian agencies and state governments.