SBIR active and involved since soon after the firm was first established in the mid-1990s through to recent awards, MEI personnel specialize in the development of chemical sensing systems for the most demanding aerospace and military applications. Staff capability spans from cutting edge research on novel sensors to full integration and production of flight qualified hardware. The effort is to seek provision of solutions to sensing needs that existing technology cannot satisfy. With the firm's experience spanning the wide range of chemical sensing from safety monitoring of propellant leaks to life support systems on spacecraft and aircraft and beyond, Makel Engineering's sensor technology provides new mission-critical capability while the experience of personnel span the wide range of chemical sensing from safety monitoring of propellant leaks to life support systems on spacecraft and aircraft and beyond.