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                                                                   Exhibit 10.17

                          DYNAMICS RESEARCH CORPORATION

                  SENIOR MANAGEMENT DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
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1.    PURPOSE

      The purpose of the Dynamics Research Corporation Senior Management
      Deferred Compensation Plan (henceforth referred to as the "Plan") is to
      enable Dynamics Research Corporation and its affiliates (henceforth
      referred to as the "Company") to retain and reward key executive talent
      which the Company deems necessary to its business success.

2.    DEFINITIONS

      a.   Administrator - The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors
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           of the Company, or such individuals or others as they shall appoint
           to administer the Plan.

      b.   Affiliate - A member of a controlled group of corporations of which
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           the Company is a member or; an unincorporated trade or business which
           is under common control with the Company as determined in accordance
           with Section 414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
           (henceforth the "Code") and regulations issued thereunder. For
           purposes hereof, a "controlled group of corporations" shall mean a
           controlled group of corporations as defined in Section 1563(a) of the
           Code determined without regard to Section 1563(a)(4) and (e)(3)(C) of
           the Code.

      c.   Beneficiary - The person or persons designated to receive benefits
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           under the Plan in the event of the Participant's death.

      d.   Board - The Board of Directors of the Company.
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      e.   Change in Control  - An event of the nature that:
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           i.   Would be required to be reported in response to Item 1(a) of the
                current report on Form F-3, as in effect on the date hereof,
                pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
                of 1934 (henceforth the "Exchange Act"); or,

           ii.  Without limitation such a Change in Control shall be deemed to
                have occurred at such time as:

                1.    Any "person" (as the term is used in Section 13(d) and
                      14(d) of the Exchange Act), or group of persons acting in
                      concert, is or becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined
                      in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) directly or
                      indirectly, of any class of equity securities of the
                      Company representing 30%

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                      or more of a class of equity securities except for any
                      securities purchased by the Company's employee stock
                      ownership plan and trust; or,

                2.    A plan of reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale of
                      all or substantially all the assets of the Company or
                      similar transaction occurs in which the Company is not the
                      resulting entity; or,

                3.    A proxy statement shall be distributed soliciting proxies
                      from stockholders of the Company, by someone other than
                      the current management of the Company, seeking stockholder
                      approval of a plan or similar transaction with one or more
                      corporations as a result of which the outstanding shares
                      of the class of securities then subject to such plan or
                      transaction are exchanged for or converted into cash or
                      property or securities not issued by the Company; or,

                4.    A successful tender offer is made for 30% or more of the
                      voting securities of the Company then outstanding.

      f.   Code - The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may from time to time
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           be amended.

      g.   Committee - The Compensation Committee of the Board.
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      h.   Company - Dynamics Research Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation,
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           and any Affiliates.

      i.   Effective Date - The date on which this Plan is approved by the
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           Board.

      j.   Employee - Any person in the employ of the Company for whom the
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           Company is required to contribute Federal Insurance Contribution Act
           taxes.

      k.   Fixed Period Account - A bookkeeping account that is established to
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           defer monies to a designated future date.

      l.   Participant - An executive or management employee of the Company
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           selected in writing by the Plan Administrator to participate in the
           Plan.

      m.   Plan - This Senior Management Deferred Compensation Plan, as it may
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           be from time to time amended.

      n.   Plan Year - A 12 month period commencing on the first day of the
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           Company's fiscal year following the adoption of the Plan.

      o.   Resignation for Good Reason -The Participant terminates employment
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           following a Change of Control for any of the following reasons: a
           reduction in benefits, duties, responsibilities or movement of the
           Participant's job by more than 50 miles from the location of the job
           at the time of the Change of Control.

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      p.   Retirement Account - A bookkeeping account that is established to
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           defer monies until retirement.

      q.   Substantially Equal Amounts - An amount such that the numerator shall
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           equal the balance of a Participant's account at the time of the
           payment, and the denominator shall equal the number of years payments
           remaining pursuant to the Participant's election pursuant to Section
           5 of the Plan.

      r.   Termination for Cause - The termination of a Participant upon failure
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           to perform stated duties or breach of a fiduciary duty involving
           personal dishonesty, which results in material loss to the Company or
           one of its Affiliates, or willful violation of any law, rule or
           regulation (other than traffic violations or similar offenses), which
           results in material loss to the Company or one of its Affiliates.

      s.   Termination of Employment - Cessation of employment with the Company,
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           regardless of cause or circumstance, and including resignation
           (whether or not for good reason), retirement and company-initiated
           termination (whether or not for cause).

3.    ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

      a.   The Plan Administrator shall be an individual appointed by the
           Committee or, if no individual is so appointed, the Committee shall
           be the Plan Administrator. The Committee shall act by vote or written
           consent of a majority of its members.

      b.   The Administrator (as defined) shall have the discretion to operate,
           interpret, and implement the Plan. The Administrator's decisions and
           determinations (including determinations of the meaning and reference
           of terms used in the Plan) shall be conclusive upon all persons. The
           Administrator may adopt such rules, regulations, guidelines and
           procedures as the Administrator deems appropriate.

      c.   The Administrator shall have the right to hire consultants,
           administrators, investment advisors and other professionals necessary
           to administer the Plan.

      d.   If the Administrator in its sole discretion, upon the petition of a
           Participant, determines that the Participant has suffered an
           unforeseeable financial emergency, the Company may pay to the
           Participant, from his or her account, an amount deemed necessary to
           meet such financial emergency, as compensation to that participant.

4.    ELIGIBILITY

      a.   The Plan Administrator may select Employees who, in the
           Administrator's sole discretion, are considered key Employees of the
           Company, and eligible to participate in the Plan.

      b.   If a Participant is terminated for Cause, the Participant shall
           forfeit all unvested amounts under the Plan.

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5.    DEFERRALS

      a.   Each Participant shall have the ability to defer up to One Hundred
           Percent (100%) of any cash incentive payments from the Company, and
           any salary in excess of the earnings ceiling for FICA purposes.

           i.   Elections to defer compensation shall be filed with the Company
                at the following times:

                1.    Base salary deferral elections must be made prior to
                      December 31 of the Plan Year prior to the year in which
                      this base salary would otherwise be earned.

                2.    Incentive compensation deferrals must be made prior to
                      June 30 of the Plan Year prior to the year in which
                      payment of the incentive would otherwise be made.

                3.    A newly designated Eligible Employee may elect to defer
                      monies under this program by filing an election with the
                      Administrator within 30 days of such eligibility.

           ii.  At the time of the deferral, the Participant shall elect:

                1.    The percentage of the deferral that is allocated to the
                      Retirement Account and, if selected, to the Fixed Period
                      Account; and

                2.    The period of deferral (of at least one year) for the
                      Retirement Account and, if selected, for the Fixed Period
                      Account; and,

                3.    The form of distribution for each account, which may be:

                      a.    A lump sum; or
                      b.    Substantially Equal Annual Installments not to
                            exceed 10.

      b.   A Participant may change the distribution date for the Retirement
           Account or the Fixed Period Account upon written notice to the
           Administrator. However, the change cannot take effect for twelve (12)
           full consecutive calendar months. For example, if a participant had
           previously elected to receive a Fixed Period Account lump sum
           distribution on June 1, 2007, and on June 12, 2003 the Participant
           elected to receive the distribution at the earliest possible date,
           the earliest distribution date to elect would be July 1, 2004.

      c.   The Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to make
           contributions to a Participant's account for any purpose whatsoever.
           To the extent that the Company makes additional contributions to a
           Participant's account, such contributions shall be

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          segregated into a separate account for the Participant, and such
          contributions may be subjected to vesting, pursuant to Section 8.

6.   ACCOUNTS AND VALUATIONS

     a.   The Company shall establish and maintain separate deferred
          compensation bookkeeping accounts for each Participant. Each
          Participant's account shall be credited with unfunded earnings based
          on this Section 6.

     b.   The Company, in its sole discretion, may establish a separate trust
          within the Company to hold any deferrals and unfunded credited
          earnings thereon. If the Company so elects, such trust may be funded
          with assets of the Company, provided however, that such funding
          mechanism shall not place any funds beyond the reach of the general
          creditors of the Company.

     c.   Each Participant may designate his or her investment preference(s)
          within unfunded mutual fund options selected by the Company.

          i.   The Plan will credit Participant's accounts (Retirement and Fixed
               Period) with earnings or losses based on the rate of return
               experienced by the investment funds included in the accounts.

          ii.  Participants will receive a statement of their account balances
               quarterly. These statements will show the contributions made
               during the quarter, the earnings credited or the losses debited,
               and the account values at the beginning and end of the quarter.
               These statements will allow Participants to monitor their
               investments and the growth in the value of their accounts.

7.   BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION

     a.   Each Participant shall have the right at any time to designate any
          person or persons as his Beneficiary, to whom any death benefits which
          the Participant may have elected shall be payable.

     b.   The designation of a Beneficiary shall become effective when it is
          filed in writing with the Administrator.

     c.   The Participant may revoke a beneficiary designation at any time by
          filing a new election with the Administrator.

8.   VESTING

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     a.   The Participant shall always be one hundred percent (100%) vested in
          any contributions he or she made pursuant to Section 5(a), and any
          earnings thereon pursuant to Section 6.

     b.   For Company contributions made pursuant to Section 5(c) the Company
          may, prior to any company contributions, establish a vesting schedule
          that will apply to all such company contributions.

9.   CHANGE OF CONTROL

     a.   If, following a Change of Control, the Participant is terminated by
          the Company or its successor, or Resigns for Good Reason, then
          regardless of Section 5:

          i.   Any unvested Company contributions pursuant to Section 5 shall be
               vested.

          ii.  All amounts shall be paid in full at that time.

10.  AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN

     a.   The Board may at any time terminate or amend the Plan in whole or in
          part, provided, however, that no amendment shall be effective to
          reduce the accrued benefit under the Plan to any Participant without
          the consent of the affected Participant(s). Written notice of any
          amendment shall be given to each Participant.

11.  MISCELLANEOUS

     a.   Participants and their Beneficiaries, heirs, successors and assigns
          shall have no legal or equitable rights, interests, or other claims in
          any property or assets of the Company. The Company's obligation under
          this Plan shall be that of an unfunded and unsecured promise of the
          Company to pay money in the future.

     b.   The Company may offset any amounts payable under the Plan against any
          debts, obligations or other liabilities owed by the Participant to the
          Company at the time benefits become payable under the Plan.

     c.   Neither a Participant nor any other person shall have the right to
          assign, sell, transfer, pledge, anticipate, mortgage or otherwise
          encumber, transfer, hypothecate, or convey in advance of actual
          receipt the amounts, if any, payable hereunder, or any part thereof,
          which are expressly declared to be unassignable and nontransferable.

     d.   Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a contract of
          employment, nor as giving any Participant any right to be retained in
          the employ of the Company.

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     e.   All pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to
          the masculine, feminine or neuter as the identity of the person or
          persons may require. As the context may require, singular may be read
          as plural and plural as singular.

     f.   This Plan shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of
          Massachusetts.

     g.   In the event any provision of this Plan is held invalid, void, or
          unenforceable, the same shall not affect, in any respect whatsoever,
          the validity of any other portion of the Plan.

     h.   Any notice or filing required or permitted under this Plan to the
          Company or Administrator shall be sufficient if in writing and
          delivered by registered or certified mail, or by hand delivery, to the
          principal office of the Company directed to the attention of the
          Secretary of the Company. Such notice shall be deemed to be given as
          of the date of delivery or, if delivery is made by mail, as of the
          date shown on the postmark on the receipt for registration or
          certification.

     i.   This Plan constitutes the entire agreement of the Company with respect
          to the subject matter thereof and cannot be modified by any oral
          statement or otherwise except in writing as specified in Section 10.