Corporate Fact Sheet

• EMS Defense & Space Systems – enables many of today’s most advanced military and commercial space applications. EMS D&SS microwave systems serve the battlespace in communications, surveillance, precision-strike and electronic warfare. Its low-observable, compact, and high-performance RF systems work across all warfighter platforms -- from space, air, ground and sea, to the soldier traveling on foot. D&SS also provides antenna capabilities for next-generation commercial satellites for entertainment and Internet connectivity. D&SS’s customers include the world’s best defense and space companies.
• EMS SATCOM - designs and develops satellite-based terminals and antennas for the aeronautical, ground-mobile, maritime and emergency management markets. A leading supplier of Swift64 high-speed data communications equipment, EMS SATCOM’s eNfusion Broadband™ product line enables voice, e-mail, videoconferencing and Internet capabilities on a broad variety of aircraft under its own brand and those of the three major avionics manufacturers. Its tracking and messaging systems business delivers crucial capabilities to force tracking systems, as well as to the transport industry and a variety of service vehicles. A pioneer in Search and Rescue solutions, EMS SATCOM also provides leading-edge software and hardware that has helped save tens-of-thousands of lives around the globe. The division is based in Ottawa, Canada, with key facilities in Australia and the UK.
• LXE – improves supply chain performance by applying over 37 years' experience developing wireless products and solutions. Product line includes rugged mobile computers, advanced auto-ID technologies, and secure wireless network infrastructure, backed by LXE’s award-winning customer support. Based in Norcross, Ga., LXE also offers a full range of turnkey services, including radio integration, project and installation management, network design, technical support, and repair services.
• EMS Sky Connect – pioneered the first airborne use of Iridium satellite communications in 1999. EMS’s newest division fully leverages its Iridium expertise to innovate new products and services for all types of aircraft. Its industry-leading tracking services provide support and safety for people flying wide varieties of missions including off-shore oil, air ambulance, fire suppression, air taxi and military operations. Based in Washington, DC, with an FAA certified repair station outside New Orleans, EMS Sky Connect partners with EMS SATCOM to provide comprehensive satellite-based solutions for corporate, government, and military customers worldwide.

History

EMS Technologies was founded in 1968 in Atlanta by technology visionary Dr. John E. Pippin (1928 – 2007), former vice president of Research at Scientific-Atlanta. The Company was one of the first firms to move into Gwinnett’s Technology Park. From its earliest days, EMS focused on developing technologies for advanced wireless communications. Staffed by eight employees at its founding, EMS (then called Electromagnetic Sciences) was noted for its technical expertise and entrepreneurial spirit.

In the early 1970s, EMS pioneered the use of ferrite technology in space applications. As its technology base grew, EMS became an important supplier to the U.S. Defense Department, especially in space communications. A major milestone came in 1976 when EMS built the beam-forming network for the Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) satellite. This network provided the electrical steering for the DSCS satellite – the first electronically steerable antenna flown in space. The system ensured secure communication transmissions among U.S. military and country leaders.

EMS was where companies came when they had ‘impossible’ microwave problems to solve. Beginning in the early 1980s, EMS applied its wireless expertise to the world of standard commercial products. In 1983, EMS subsidiary LXE Inc. went public as the first company to use wireless data products in logistics handling, and as such, was the first to take wireless data collection into the warehouse. EMS’s wireless logistics computing business offered wireless data communications solutions for materials handling and other logistics applications, and these wireless products quickly became a major revenue source. In 1993, EMS acquired Ottawa-based CAL Corporation, now the core of its SATCOM division. The division’s market-leading aeronautical antennas for high-speed, satellite-based data communications continue to set the industry standard in the avionics market. In 2008, EMS acquired Sky Connect, a leader in Iridium-based tracking and voice systems for general aviation, as its newest division.

EMS concluded 2007 with its best financial results and the healthiest cash balance in its 40-year history, and was named one of Forbes Magazine’s 200 Best Small Companies.