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EMS Technologies Revises Guidance for Fiscal 2006

EMS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ELMG) today revised its earnings guidance for the full year, 2006. The previously announced earnings target of $.96 to $1.06 per share in 2006 was revised to $.70 to $.80 per share as a result of developing uncertainty over the timing of orders at the Company's EMS Wireless division.

Paul Domorski, president and chief executive officer, commented, "Based on performance-to-date and expectations for the remainder of the year, the outlook for three of our four divisions -- LXE, Defense & Space Systems ("D&SS") and SATCOM -- continues to be bright. However, persistent uncertainty concerning the timing of future orders from major U.S. wireless carriers has clouded the picture for EMS Wireless.

"We began the year with the expectation of orders at EMS Wireless in 2006 similar to the 2005 levels, based on favorable indications from our customers concerning their intentions for further systems expansion in 2006. The division's first-quarter 2006 revenues of $15.6 million were a reasonable start for the year, but the significant increase in orders activity that we expected for the later part of the second quarter did not materialize.

"We still expect the Company to be profitable in the second quarter, although not at the level that analysts have forecast. Our revised earnings guidance for the full year is based on the assumption that the delays in major wireless system-rollout orders will continue through the end of the year. We could exceed the revised guidance levels if we receive several large system-expansion orders from one or more of our customers.

"We are conducting an intensive review and analysis of EMS Wireless. The solid performance of our other divisions has allowed me to deepen my personal involvement at EMS Wireless, particularly with a view to achieving profitability at the division's current level of sales. We recently initiated specific cost reductions as a step towards this goal, but a broader analysis of the division's capabilities, products, processes and market position is also under way.

"EMS Wireless has a strong product portfolio and a well-established role as a key supplier to the wireless services industry. We are developing an action plan that we believe will help enhance the value of that division."

EMS Technologies, Inc. is an innovative leader in the technology of advanced wireless communications, focusing on the needs of the mobile information user and broadband applications. Headquartered in Atlanta and with approximately 1,200 workers worldwide, we provide wireless communications products for diverse markets, including commercial and defense. The Company's four business units address the needs of different markets, but they share a common foundation in broadband and other advanced wireless technologies, leading to important technical and marketing synergies:

-- LXE is a leading provider of rugged computers and wireless data

networks used for logistics applications such as distribution

centers, warehouses and container ports. LXE automatic

identification and data capture products serve mobile information

users at over 7,500 sites worldwide;

-- Defense & Space Systems supplies highly-engineered subsystems for

defense electronics and sophisticated satellite applications --

from military communications, radar, surveillance and

countermeasure to commercial high-definition television, satellite

radio, and live TV for today's most innovative airlines;

-- SATCOM supplies a broad array of terminals and antennas that

enable end-users in aircraft and other mobile platforms, such as

military command vehicles or over-the-road trucks to communicate

over satellite networks at variety of data speeds; and

-- EMS Wireless is recognized globally as a leading supplier of

RF-based mobile telephony solutions. The division's extensive

product line rages from base station antennas and wireless

backhaul products for PCS/cellular telecommunications to active

antennas and repeaters for complete in-building communications

solutions.

Statements contained in this press release regarding the Company's expectations for its financial results for 2006, and concerning the potential for various businesses and products, are forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ from those statements as a result of a wide variety of factors. Such factors include, but are not limited to.

-- economic conditions in the U.S. and abroad and their effect on

capital spending in the Company's principal markets;

-- difficulty predicting the timing of receipt of major customer

orders, and the effect of customer timing decisions on our

quarterly results;

-- successful completion of technological development programs by

the Company and the effects of technology that may be developed

by, and patent rights that may be held or obtained by,

competitors;

-- the ability of the Company to obtain patent licenses, with

satisfactory license rights and royalty rates, from owners of

RFID-related patents that the Company concludes are valid and

would otherwise be infringed by Company products;

-- U.S. defense budget pressures on near-term spending priorities;

-- uncertainties inherent in the process of converting contract

awards into firm contractual orders in the future;

-- volatility of foreign exchange rates relative to the U.S. dollar

and their effect on purchasing power by international customers,

and the cost structure of the Company's non-U.S. operations, as

well as the potential for realizing foreign exchange gains and

losses associated with non-U.S. assets or liabilities held by

the Company;

-- successful resolution of technical problems, proposed scope

changes, or proposed funding changes that may be encountered on

contracts;

-- changes in the Company's consolidated effective income tax rate

caused by the extent to which actual taxable earnings in the

U.S., Canada and other taxing jurisdictions may vary from

expected taxable earnings;

-- successful transition of products from development stages to an

efficient manufacturing environment;

-- changes in the rates at which our products are returned for

repair or replacement under warranty;

-- customer response to new products and services, and general

conditions in our target markets (such as logistics, PCS/cellular

telephony and space-based communications);

-- the success of certain of our customers in marketing our line of

high-speed commercial airline communications products as a

complementary offering with their own lines of avionics products;

-- the availability of financing for satellite data communications

systems and for expansion of terrestrial PCS/cellular phone

systems;

-- the extent to which terrestrial systems reduce market

opportunities for space-based broadband communications systems

by providing extensive broadband Internet access on a dependable

and economical basis;

-- development of successful working relationships with local

business and government personnel in connection with distribution

and manufacture of products in foreign countries;

-- the demand growth for various mobile and high-speed data

communications services, and the possible effect of public

health concerns about alleged health risks of radio frequency

emissions;

-- the Company's ability to attract and retain qualified senior

management and technical personnel, and to devise and implement

effective senior management succession plans;

-- the ability to negotiate successfully with potential acquisition

candidates, finance acquisitions, or effectively integrate the

acquired businesses, products or technologies into our existing

businesses and products;

-- the availability, capabilities and performance of suppliers of

basic materials, electronic components and sophisticated

subsystems on which the Company must rely in order to perform

according to contract requirements, or to introduce new products

on the desired schedule;

-- the effects of consolidation in the telecommunications service

provider industry, including effects on the numbers of suppliers

used by the Company's customers, the overall demand by such

customers for our products, and the possibility that such

customers may demand greater price concessions; and

-- uncertainties associated with U.S. export controls and the

export license process, which restrict the Company's ability to

hold technical discussions with customers, suppliers and internal

engineering resources and can reduce the Company's ability to

obtain sales from foreign customers or to perform contracts with

the desired level of efficiency or profitability.

Further information concerning relevant factors and risks are identified under the caption "Risk Factors" in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.

CONTACT: EMS Technologies, Inc.

Don T. Scartz, Chief Financial Officer

770-729-6510

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