Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors
EMS Technologies, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 2-76455, 333-32425, 333-35842, 333-86973, 333-74770, 333-147652, and 333-147653) and Form S-3 (Nos. 333-131042 and 333-131719) of EMS Technologies, Inc. of our reports dated March 16, 2009, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of EMS Technologies, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2008, and the related financial statement schedule, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, which reports appear in the December 31, 2008 annual report of Form 10-K of EMS Technologies, Inc. Our report on the consolidated financial statements refers to a change in the method of accounting for share-based payment in 2006. Our report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, contains an explanatory paragraph which states that our audit of internal control over financial reporting of EMS Technologies, Inc. excluded an evaluation of internal control over financial reporting of Sky Connect LLC.

KPMG LLP  

Atlanta, Georgia
March 16, 2009