EXHIBIT 99.1

               EMRISE CORPORATION COMPLETES INTERNAL INVESTIGATION


RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, August 21, 2006 - EMRISE CORPORATION (NYSE
ARCA:ERI), a multi-national manufacturer of defense and aerospace electronic
components and communications equipment, today announced that the Audit
Committee of the Board of Directors has completed its internal investigation
concerning the premature recognition of net sales of certain communications test
equipment units sold by a Company subsidiary during the fourth quarter of 2004.
The investigation was initiated in response to an inquiry from the staff of the
Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Enforcement. The Audit
Committee has concluded, with the assistance of legal and accounting
professionals, that approximately $224,000 of net sales of communications test
equipment units that previously had been reported as revenue for the fourth
quarter of 2004 did not meet applicable revenue recognition criteria until the
first quarter of 2005. The Company expects to reflect this shift in revenue in
its restated financial statements, which the Company anticipates filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission during October 2006. Although the premature
recognition of revenue was confined to one order of product at a single business
unit of the Company, the Audit Committee's investigation extended to all of the
Company's business units. The Audit Committee did not discover evidence of any
other improper revenue recognition within the subject business unit or any other
business unit of the Company. The Company continues to cooperate fully with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in its inquiry and will continue to update
NYSE Arca on a monthly basis.

The Company anticipates filing its reports for the quarterly periods ended March
31, 2006 and June 30, 2006 concurrently with the filing of its restated
financial statements.

The Company also announced the resignation of Randolph D. Foote as the Company's
Chief Financial Officer effective August 18, 2006. Carmine T. Oliva, the
Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, was appointed Interim Chief
Financial Officer upon Mr. Foote's resignation. It is expected that Mr. Oliva
will occupy this position until such time as the Company completes its search
for a new Chief Financial Officer.

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, the actual types and amounts of
adjustments to be made to the Company's financial statements, the periods as to
which adjustments may be required, and the timing of the preparation and filing
of amended and new periodic reports, are forward-looking statements that involve
a number of risks and uncertainties. The actual future results could differ from
those statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences
include, but are not limited to, additional information that may be discovered
and actions that may be taken in preparing and filing the new periodic reports
with the Securities and Exchange Commission; any actions that any governmental,
judicial or regulatory agencies may take with regard to the Company or its
affiliates or customers; and other risks detailed from time to time in the
Company's public statements and its periodic reports and other filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.