The fill factor of an actual aircraft means that careful analysis techniques are required

HIRF Certification

EMA® High Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF) radiated environments certification services consultants provide end-to-end support in all aspects of the certification. EMA® has extensive experience in HIRF certification and is ready to provide solutions to achieve FAA-style certification. Our comprehensive capabilities include: HIRF design support based on advanced simulation Simulation of the HIRF levels early in […]

Lightning Certification

EMA® lightning indirect effects consultants provide services in all aspects of indirect effects lightning certification. EMA® has extensive experience in lightning indirect effects certification and is ready to provide solutions to achieve FAA-style lightning certification. EMA® has successfully supported dozens of certification programs throughout its history, with many publications resulting from this work. EMA®‘s staff is internationally […]

EMA3D is used for many major commercial air projects

Commercial Air E3

EMA has extensive experience in helping commercial aircraft customers achieve electromagnetic environmental effects (E3) certification on-time and on-budget. EMA has expertise in all aspects of commercial aircraft electromagnetics. Further, EMA has participated with remarkable success in many visible E3 certification programs. EMA has deep company experience, a track record of success, and the most mature simulation […]

EMA built a full scaled lightning test of the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster

Space and Defense

For over 40 years, EMA has helped our customers solve some of the most challenging electromagnetic effects problems for space and defense applications. EMA’s spacecraft electromagnetics experience is extensive, especially in the area of lightning interaction with rockets. EMA has design and verification roles on major manned-space programs, as well as novel launch projects. Our […]

Recent aerospace certification tasks

HIRF and Lightning Certification Experience

Commercial Aircraft HIRF and Lightning Certification Experience EMA® has been a major contributor to commercial aircraft certification for over 25 years. EMA® first helped McDonald-Douglas certify the MD-90 to lightning indirect effects using only computer simulation. Since that time, aircraft manufacturers increasingly rely on EMA® and our simulation tools to support their lightning and HIRF certification […]

Ansys EMC Plus

Ansys EMC Plus (formerly EMA3D® Cable) Ansys EMC Plus (formerly EMA3D® Cable) is a 3D Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) solver with an integrated multi-conductor transmission line solver. The two electromagnetic solvers co-simulate to allow for a complex cable harness to be accurately modeled inside complex geometry, such as an electronic device, a piece of machinery, an […]

Support & Training

Electromagnetic Effects Training for Design, Certification and Simulation EMA personnel have experience training teams all over the world. Our training is focused on the following topics: Lightning Indirect Effects Design and Certification Lightning Direct Effects Design and Certification HIRF Design and Certification EMI/EMC Simulation Electromagnetic environmental effects (E3) simulation EMA training can be done on-site […]

Lightning DE

EMA lightning direct effects consultants provide services in all aspects of lightning direct effects certification. EMA has extensive experience in lightning direct effects certification and is ready to provide solutions to achieve FAA-style certification. Our comprehensive offering includes: Design support early in program phases Support for defining test coupons and subsystem tests Simulation support of fuel system elements […]

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Career Opportunities

Company Information: Our team of electromagnetic effects scientists integrate proven, state-of-the-art analysis and simulation tools into extensible frameworks to properly model EM field interactions with complex air, space, and ground systems. We provide commercial EM simulation software and consulting/services support to multiple major DoD and NASA prime contractors as well as Fortune 500 Aerospace companies. […]

EMA History

Since 1977, EMA® has been developing and providing technologies and services to promote the design, certification and performance of safety- and mission-critical systems EMA® was founded by David Meriwether and Rod Perala. In its early years, EMA® focused on the effects of nuclear weapon induced ionizing and non ionizing (Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse) radiation on a […]

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Full Vehicle Simulations for EMC, EMI, and E3 of Structures and Cables