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SatCom EMS Enters the SatCom Fray Advances in communication services for ships and boats is expanding rapidly, keeping pace with development cycles of landside installations. Last autumn. Inmarsat unveiled Fleet F55 and Fleet F33. the two new members of the Fleet family designed to meet the communi- cation needs of small to medium-sized vessels. Earlier this year, EMS SAT- COM, a division of EMS Technologies, Inc., entered the maritime market with it pedigree of land-based communication 2N° ANNUAL MARITIME & SHIPPING SECURITY . .. CONFERENCE & Expo USA2003 www.maritimesecurityexpo.com October 29-30, 2003 Jacob Javits Convention Center, New-York* City ORGANIZED BY: pEJK| • I E.J. KRAUSB * A#SOC|OTK£ INC. IN COOPERATION WITH:** Homeland Security Industries Association IN ASSOCIATION WITH: The US Merchanl Marine Academy Hudson Institute SPONSORED BY: The John Jay College of Criminal Justice OFFICIAL PUBLICATION: Journal of Commerce MEDIA PARTNERS: Security Technology fe Dpsign I he Maritime Executive The Maritime Croup REPORTER • 3,000 buyers from 50 Countries • 250 International Exhibitors • International.Conference with Participation from the White House, Congress, EU Commission, Department of Homeland Security, International Maritime Association • — Exhibit Hall 75% sold out -Reserve your space today ROTECTJNG • Pof^S Hi • HARBORS • BRIDGES • CARG^ CONTAINERS POWER PLANTS OFF SHORE OIL RIGS RAILROADS CARGO & PASSENGER SHIPS MAFRTTIJVIE SECURITY CONFERENCE^ EXPO EUROPE www.maritimesecurityexpo.com/europe October 1-2, 2003. Congress Center Hamburg (CCH), Hamburg. Germany Over 100 Exhibitors and over 2000 attendees from Europe, Asia and the United « States ar^expected For more information, please call Cory Capps or Carol Fleming at 301-493-5500. Circle 223 on Reader Service Card 38 solution expertise. At NorShipping in Oslo, the company announced that it has received full Inmarsat type-approval for its new Fleet 55 Maritime satellite ter- minal. A New Path EMS Technologies is a $310 million company with 1,800 employees world- wide. In 1968, Dr. John E. Pippin, then vice president of Research at Scientific- Atlanta, founded Electromagnetic Sciences (now EMS Technologies) in Atlanta, Ga. The company quickly evolved to be a leading developer and HM Bark Endeavo Brought Into 21st In 1768 British-born explorer Lt. James Cook and his crew set sail on the HM Bark Endeavour on one of the most significant maritime voyages ever. After observing the transit of Venus across the sun in the Pacific, they headed south- west to New Zealand, traveling up the east coast of Australia, then on to the Dutch East Indies (Jakarta and Indonesia). Contrary to popular belief, Cook didn't discover Australia — he wasn't even the first European to arrive there. What's most remarkable about his journey was his use of cutting-edge 18th century scientific techniques to chart a substantial part of the coastline and fix the continent. On this voyage Cook became the first to calculate his longitu- dinal position with accuracy, using a complex mathematical formula that was only developed in the 1760s. Given his love of science, the 18th century explor- er would certainly have chosen the best satellite communications if he had been making the journey today. Which per- haps explains why, when a replica of the famous HM Bark Endeavour was being constructed for a BBC TV series The Ship a few years ago, it was fitted with the latest Inmarsat-based equipment. Now EMS Satcom has updated HM Bark Endeavour once more, choosing the vessel for beta trials of it latest Fleet F55 terminal because of the extremes it operates in. Replacing a mini-M that was already onboard, the Fleet F55 has enabled a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) to be set up on board the ves-
