EMS SATCOM Fact Sheet

The company’s primary focus is high-speed Internet access for business and military aviation, but it has leveraged its expertise in satellite-based communications equipment to address the land mobile and maritime segments as well. Since 1978, EMS SATCOM has been deeply involved in the Search and Rescue (SAR) field developing both equipment and software for the management of SAR operations that saved thousands of lives.

Allied with Inmarsat, the world leader in mobile satellite communications, the company’s products include terminals, antennas and radomes, and cabin network equipment. Its customers are front-runners in a diverse range of industry segments.

Satellite-based Avionics Pioneer

The company’s eNfusion Broadband™ solution gives commercial and military users in-flight access to video conferencing, email, voice, and data networks—virtually anywhere in the world. The complete package consists of the company’s HSD terminal an antenna and radome, and its CNX® Cabin Gateway device. The CNX® Cabin Gateway is a key component of the eNfusion solution because it is line of multi-function cabin network devices that replace a mixture of commercial off-the-shelf networking hardware, including: hubs, routers Ethernet switches, multiplexors and 802.11g wireless-access points. It is the first network accelerator to provide integrated cabin communications to passengers, with up to 8 Ethernet connections. The AMT-50 Antenna is a mechanically steered antenna that is the standard in the industry.

With the introduction of its HSD-400 and HSD-440 series of aeronautical broadband terminals EMS SATCOM has delivered combined high-speed data and safety services in one line replaceable unit (1LRU). The HSD-400 and the HSD-440 are both SwiftBroadband ready and software upgradeable. The HSD-400 supports two 432kbps channels of Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband service. The new HSD-440 builds on the HSD-400 and supports classic aero safety services.

Business Aviation & Air Transport

Through airframe and avionics manufacturers, and systems integrators, the company is entering the air transport market. The demand for broadband communications both in the cockpit and the cabin is a new trend that will lead to both improved operations for airlines, and new services and Internet access for passengers. The company expects that Internet access and mobile phone usage will be commonplace air passenger service in the future.

Military & Government

The company holds a reputation for excellence with its military and paramilitary customers and provides its eNfusion Broadband system to a wide spectrum of programs for a variety of applications. The company developed several specialized products including: the Viper, a roll-on, palletized, ruggedized broadband terminal, the HMIA (Hatch Mounted Inmarsat Antenna) for C130 aircraft, and the Helicom radome and terminal package for helicopters. EMS SATCOM supplies Boeing with the communications system for the new Multi-mission Maritime P8 Aircraft, to the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, and to German Army CH-53 helicopters for real-time video and data transmission, while the Army Airborne Battle Command uses eNfusion for command and control.

While the company continues its success in aeronautical military programs, it also has a rising reputation in land-based military terminals. These terminals, like their aero equivalents, are ideally suited to situations where the terrestrial telecommunications infrastructure is unavailable or unreliable. The STORM portable satellite terminal is a light-weight system that gives users the ability to work and stay connected from remote locations. The CYCLONE terminal extends the capabilities of the STORM onto mobile vehicular platforms and offers all of the functionality that EMS SATCOM customers have come to expect.

Leveraging Technology and Serving Diverse Markets

Tracking & Management Systems (TMS)

The PDT has no moving parts and provides fail-safe two-way messaging and location information virtually anywhere in North America, Central America and Mexico. Maintenance-free and easy to install, the PDT (integrated with other applications) is used to thwart cargo theft and protects truck drivers in the Mexican and Latin American transport industry. It is also used in the oil and gas industry for monitoring high-value compressors, and for workforce automation to track and maintain communications links with operators servicing remote areas.

Operating on the Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) satellite network, the PDT offers value-added resellers the opportunity to provide continent-wide applications and communications solutions for the mobile end-user. The terminal is in high demand in the trucking industry as the solution for managing and tracking cargo, but other applications include:

• Rail car tracking and management;
• Lone-worker protection and management in utility and service industries; and,
• Personnel protection for law-enforcement workers.

Maritime

Search and Rescue

The division has expanded its traditional capabilities by combining new communication technologies with leading-edge Geographic Information Systems (GIS). As the pioneer in SAR, EMS SATCOM continues to serve rescue operations management.

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