Hardware and Software Integration

At SENTEL, system integration, hardware development, and software engineering are multifaceted technologies that cut across virtually all company activities. SENTEL is responsible for assembling and testing electro-mechanical hardware systems that include the Interim Biological Agent Detection System (IBADS), Joint Portal Shield (JPS) sensors, the Joint Biological Remote Early Warning System (JBREWS) sensor, the Progressive Assay Reader (PAR), Remote Data Relays (RDRs), and Cerberus electronics. At our Dahlgren, Virginia, facility, SENTEL has assembled over 200 JPS sensors, over 200 PARs, 30 JBREWS sensors, over 300 RDRs, and numerous other smaller sensors and sensor integration aids, including weather stations.

SENTEL also has extensive experience in all phases of the software development cycle, from requirements definition to user support of fielded software. Software applications created by SENTEL have been distributed to thousands of users worldwide. These mission-critical applications, as well as the support we provide for them, have received repeated praise for their quality, usefulness, and timeliness. Most of the software that we develop is highly analytical and very complex.

Not only can SENTEL design, assemble, test, and deploy both hardware and software, we put considerable emphasis on the integration of the hardware and software components of an overall system. SENTEL’s system requirements development and system design processes focus on hardware/software interfaces from program inception, realizing that the operation of the system as a whole is of prime importance. Adherence to our processes ensures that SENTEL delivers overall systems that are built from the beginning to satisfy their requirements.