NEWARK, NY — (Marketwire) — 08/05/11 — IEC Electronics Corp. (NYSE Amex: IEC) announces that it recently received an order from one of its Military and Defense customers. This order is valued at more than $5.2 million, and deliveries will commence during IEC-s fiscal 2012 and continue through 2013. This opportunity may have follow on orders for this program.W. Barry Gilbert, Chairman of the Board and CEO, stated, "Our customer is a well known, top 10 prime defense contractor. We apprec