(Morrisville, N.C.) Alternative energy solutions developer INI Power Systems, Inc. is hosting United States Congressman David Price for a workplace visit on July 5, 2011, at its 5,000 square foot facility in the Research Triangle region of North Carolina. The tour and town hall-style meeting with the company’s 14 employees highlights progress made in developing innovative hybrid energy solutions to logistical problems encountered by U.S. ground troops in combat situations. (more…)

(Cary, N.C.) JMP statistical discovery software from SAS is now certified by the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI), the core enterprise network for Navy and Marine Corps forces in the continental US and Hawaii. Because NMCI maintains extremely high security for both classified and unclassified environments, certification involves rigorous testing to ensure that software meets strict operating and interoperability guidelines. (more…)

(Greensboro, N.C.) Key Risk, a leading provider of workers compensation insurance products and services for employers throughout the Eastern United States, today announced it has been named a finalist for the 2011 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. The Freedom Award is the Department of Defense’s highest recognition given to employers for exceptional support of their employees serving in the National Guard and Military Reserve. (more…)

(Morrisville, N.C.) Collaborative product design and development firm Montie Design has announced its participation in the First Annual Symposium and Expo April 19-20 sponsored by the North Carolina Defense Business Association (NCDBA). The state’s inaugural tradeshow of its kind is expected to draw thousands of innovators and defense industry vendors to the world-famous Pinehurst Resort, along with numerous high-profile, influential speakers such as North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue, Secretary of Commerce Keith Crisco, and Lt. General Frank Helmick, the XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg commander. (more…)

(Raleigh, N.C.) Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (NYSE:MLM) announced that it will provide an online Web simulcast of its fourth quarter 2010 earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 8, 2011. The Company will release results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010, that morning before the market opens. (more…)

(Fayetteville, N.C.)  The Partnership for Defense Innovation (PDI), a 501 (c)3 organization which promotes economic development, has increased the amount of economic development grant money being awarded through the PDI Call for Technologies Competition, from $32,000 to $65,000 in cash and client services. The winners will be announced in conjunction with the North Carolina Defense Business Association’s (NCDBA) 1st Annual Symposium and Exposition being held April 19-20, 2011 at the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, NC. (more…)

(Morrisville, N.C.) Collaborative product design and engineering firm Montie Design is partnering with the RTP Product Development Guild in launching a series of Lunch and Learn educational and networking events with a January 19 interactive session on the defense industry. Barry Cox of Wyle Labs will be presenting “Alphabet Soup: The Acronyms and Steps of Military Contracting” for attendees seeking access to industry contacts and important insights related to the business of developing and bringing engineered products to market. (more…)

(Durham, N.C.) EMRISE CORPORATION (NYSE Arca:ERI), a multi-national manufacturer of defense, aerospace and industrial electronic devices and communications equipment, today announced that it has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $2.1 million (£1.3 million) to manufacture custom power systems to be used in an existing military aviation program. The contract was awarded to the Company’s U.K. subsidiaries by a major military systems integrator, which is a longstanding EMRISE customer. (more…)

(Durham, N.C.) EMRISE CORPORATION (NYSE Arca: ERI), a multi-national manufacturer of defense, aerospace and industrial electronic devices and communications equipment, today announced that it has received $750,000 in follow-on orders for custom power systems to be used in two international military aviation programs. The orders were received by Company’s U.K. subsidiaries from a major European-based, military systems integrator. Shipment of the units ordered is expected to begin and be completed in the latter half of 2011. (more…)

(Durham, N.C.) EMRISE CORPORATION (NYSE Arca: ERI), a multi-national manufacturer of defense, aerospace and industrial electronic devices and communications equipment, today announced that Chairman and CEO Carmine Oliva and President and Chief Operating Officer Graham Jefferies are scheduled to make an investor presentation to the Boenning & Scattergood institutional and retail sales organizations in a meeting to be held on Wednesday, December 1 at Boenning’s headquarters in West Conshohocken, PA and via a simultaneous telephone conference call with that firm’s offices in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Ohio. (more…)

(Southern Pines, N.C.) Vector Strategy announces the publication of two new research briefs: “Combat Vehicle Strategy: 4th Quarter 2010 Update” and “Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Strategy: 4th Quarter 2010 Update”. These briefs provide insight on modernization and acquisition strategies for US military combat vehicles and tactical wheeled vehicles. (more…)

(Durham, N.C.) EMRISE CORPORATION (NYSE Arca: ERI), a multi-national manufacturer of defense, aerospace and industrial electronic devices and communications equipment, today announced that one of the world’s leading telecommunications manufacturers has incorporated an EMRISE network timing and synchronization product into a new communications switch product line for sale in Latin America and other emerging global markets. The Company received an initial order of $275,000 for the network timing and synchronization products that was shipped late in this year’s third quarter, and it expects to begin receiving follow-on orders under the multi-year agreement in the fourth quarter of this year. (more…)