EMS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELMG) a leading provider of aero connectivity and mobile resource management solutions today announced the initiation of a new satellite communications study for The Commonwealth of Australia. The study will assess the feasibility of using Multi User Detection (MUD) technology as one potential option to provide efficient narrowband services for small aperture SHF terminals operating on the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) constellation.

The six-month long contract was awarded in March by the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) to EMS SATCOM Pacific Pty Ltd, the Australian business unit of EMS Global Tracking. “Our MUD technology has the potential to deliver significant efficiencies for Satcom on the Move (SOTM) terminals operating on WGS” said Dino Koutrouki, Vice President and General Manager, EMS Global Resource Management. “We are very pleased to be involved in this program for the Australian DMO; it represents an important milestone in EMS’s long and growing relationship with the agency.” Read More