Sarasota County's Medical Education Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of medical simulation products and educational software, has landed a $1.8 million contract with the Army for 41 of its medical simulators which combine an airway, pulmonary and cardiovascular systems, trauma features, and METI's Combat Medical Advanced Simulation Training Learning Module. (Read more)

The financing will provide funding for the Delray Beach-based company's initiatives to develop an H1N1 virus triage detection system and glucose-sensing RFID microchip. (Read more)

Florida State College at Jacksonville leaders and city officials broke ground on a new aviation facility at Cecil Field, marking the beginning of the $20 million project. In early 2011, students at FSCJ can start learning how to paint aircraft, adding the missing piece to maintenance and overhaul training offered in the area.  (Read more)

In searching for America's Most Promising Companies, Forbes went hunting for small, dynamic companies with the kind of growth potential that makes venture capitalists salivate. Florida companies earned two of the top spots, ranking 4th & 17th. (Read more)

Southeast Fabricators Inc. will relocate to a new manufacturing facility in DeBary this month, and promises to create 250 new jobs during the next three years.  (Read more)

Dais Analytic Corporation announces a $200 million international trade agreement with a Chinese state-owned company that could bring more than 1,000 new "green" jobs to Pasco County in the coming years. (Read more)

Florida has one of the most "business-friendly" tax systems in the nation, according to the Tax Foundation's 2010 State Business Tax Climate Index. The Index measures the competitiveness of the 50 states' tax systems and ranks them accordingly based on the taxes that matter most to businesses and business investment: corporate income, individual income, sales, property and unemployment insurance taxes. (Read more)

For nearly 30 years, Taurus has been in Miami manufacturing small arms. Taurus plans to create 123 new full time jobs, and invest $7.8 million for the purchase of new equipment and the construction/renovation of their 59,500 square foot facility which will be expanded by an additional 26,500 square feet.  (Read more)

Florida ranks among the Top 10 states on this year's InformationWeek 500, an analysis of the most innovative corporate users of information technology.(Read more)

The Burnham Institute for Medical Research and the Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center at Duke University Medical Center announced a new collaborative research program that will use the power of metabolomics to help advance the concept of personalized medicine. (Learn more)