Minnesota Wire's R&D division, Minnovate, announces that it was awarded a Phase One Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract by the U.S. Army's Program Executive Office (PEO) for Aviation. The R&D project is titled Lightweight EMI Resistant Wiring Solutions. Its objective is to demonstrate and develop technologies to reduce the electromagnetic interference (EMI) susceptibility and impact of both existing and future power wiring harnesses on Army aviation platforms.