EMRISE Corporation Receives $1.2 Million Electronic Devices Order from Major U.S. Military Prime Contractor

For Use in Multi-function, Centralized Information Systems Installed on U.S. and Allied Navy Ships

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. - January 21, 2009 - EMRISE Corporation (NYSE Arca: ERI), a multi-national manufacturer of defense and aerospace electronic devices and communications equipment, today announced it has received a $1.2 million order from a major U.S. military prime contractor for digital switches to be used in a multi-year defense program for shipboard installations of multi-function, centralized information systems. Full shipment of the order is expected to occur in the second quarter 2009.

The order was received from a longstanding customer by the Digitran Division of EMRISE Electronics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of EMRISE Corporation.

EMRISE President and Chief Executive Officer Carmine T. Oliva said this order is an excellent example of Digitran’s ability to provide the right switch design for the right application, in this case for a mission critical application for a very large and very important prime military contractor.

"We are especially pleased to begin 2009 with this large order for Digitran.” Oliva added, “They have just completed a year with excellent year-over-year growth and multi-year programs such as this one provide the basis for stable production and shipping cycles, and ultimately contribute to growth and profitability. Digitran has a long and proud 50-year history of manufacturing high quality switches for the most demanding applications.”

About Digitran

Digitran, located in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., designs and manufactures electro-mechanical switches for the worldwide aerospace, defense and industrial markets, and are qualified on many multi-year defense and aerospace programs including among others the Joint Strike Fighter, Apache Longbow Helicopter, Aegis Multi-Ship Radar, Boeing 787 and Airbus A380 platforms. Digitran is part of EMRISE's Electronic Devices Business Segment.

About EMRISE Corporation

EMRISE designs, manufactures and markets electronic devices, sub-systems and equipment for aerospace, defense, industrial and communications markets. EMRISE products perform key functions such as power supply and power conversion; RF and microwave transmission; digital and rotary switching; network access and timing and synchronization of communications networks. Primary growth driver applications for EMRISE products include commercial avionic “In-Flight Entertainment and Communications” products and communications “Network Timing and Synchronization” equipment. EMRISE serves customers in North America, Europe and Asia through operations in the United States, England, France and Japan. The Company has built a worldwide base of customers including all of the Fortune 100 in the U.S. that do business in markets served by EMRISE and many similar-size companies in Europe and Asia. For more information go to www.emrise.com

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

With the exception of historical information, the matters discussed in this press release, including without limitation EMRISE’s ability to complete shipments for this order by the end of the second quarter of 2009, ability to provide the right switch for the right application, the ability to continue to benefit from major multi-year programs, the ability for such orders to provide stable production and/or shipping cycles, and the ability for such orders to contribute to company growth and/or profitability, are all forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The actual future results of EMRISE CORPORATION could differ from those statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, unforeseen technical issues, unforeseen changes in customer demand, unforeseen delays in receipt of materials from our vendors, inability of our products to meet customer specifications, changes in the economic, industry or political climate that may negatively impact demand for our future products, changes in military spending by any government, and those factors contained in the “Risk Factors” Section of the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, and other Company filings.