Samtel's in-house R&D is driven by competent professionals who are adept at using innovative technology, advanced materials and devices, global controls, communications & systems architecture, information & decision technology systems and software.

SDS's manufacturing and testing facilities are equipped with clean rooms and assembly tables with sophisticated tools, jigs and fixtures for manufacturing including equipment for electronics module testing, optical test bench for collimating optics with autocollimator, visual test machine and bench, vibration chamber as well as other required equipment and tools. SDS also has an Environmental Test Chamber for testing electronic cards and LCD displays on different temperature settings from -55 degrees Celsius to +60 degrees Celsius.

It also has specially designated facilities for the fabrication and insertion of PCB boards as well as their integration, assembly and testing in house.