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Demand for SENTRY™, a Chem-Bio Sensor Monitoring System, Growing Among DOD and DHS customers

Springfield, Va., June 11, 2008 – ENSCO announced today that SENTRY™, its chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) early warning and interactive decision support system, is being installed in four DoD and DHS sites within the National Capital region. ENSCO’s SENTRY is the leading system of its kind for large building compound security and has been operational at the Pentagon since 2002.

Providing an integrated view of data from sensors, alarms and environmental factors, SENTRY enables responders to make more informed decisions in the face of a catastrophic event, helping to save lives and to minimize collateral damage. The system helps direct medical and fire personnel identify the safest escape routes; determine where and when to execute decontamination; decide when to initiate collective protective strategies; and stage evacuation plans for maximum efficiency in the event of a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear event.

One of SENTRY’s primary purposes is to minimize the time from detection of an event to response, bridging the gap between sensor data and actionable information. In addition, SENTRY allows for automated command and control, which includes automated response action, such as evacuation notifications, HVAC control, alarms and responder notification/coordination.

Another factor adding to SENTRY’s popularity is that it can accommodate almost any CBRN detector or sensor. “And if it can’t, we can make it do so,” added Mr. Grottle. “Our system design gives us the freedom to share its extensible architecture within the context of other systems.” SENTRY is unlike any other early warning and decision support system because it has an open architecture that supports both ‘plug-n-play’ sensor interfaces and it has the flexibility to grow as a site’s processing demands grows.

As a testament to SENTRY’s flexibility, ENSCO has installed a system at the Johns Hopkins National Center for the Study of Preparedness and Catastrophic Event Response (PACER). In this capacity, SENTRY provides “raw” sensor data feeds to a comprehensive distributed simulation system, which benefits from ENSCO’s subject matter knowledge and expertise of sensor capabilities. SENTRY has the ability to expand to meet PACER’s mission of improving the Nation’s preparedness and the ability to respond to high consequence events of a natural or manmade disaster by bringing together the best technologies and solutions.

About ENSCO, Inc.

ENSCO, Inc. provides engineering, science and advanced technology solutions for the defense, security, transportation, environment, and aerospace industries. Founded in 1969, with revenues of more than $100 million, ENSCO is an 800-person, privately owned corporation. Headquartered in Falls Church, Va., ENSCO has major offices in Springfield, Va., Endicott, N.Y., Melbourne, Fla. and Cocoa Beach, Fla.; field offices throughout the United States; and sales representatives in 15 countries selling ENSCO products to a wide range of customers. More about ENSCO