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Customer and Geographic Information (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2014	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2014	Jan. 31, 2013
Major customer
Revenues from External Customers
Percentage of revenue generated from external customer type	13.50%		13.00%
Minimum percentage of consolidated net sales sold to one customer or individual country requiring additional and separate disclosure	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%
U.S. government
Revenues from External Customers
Percentage of revenue generated from external customer type	31.20%	32.80%	28.40%	38.60%
U.S. government | Excluding Mobile Data Communications segment
Revenues from External Customers
Percentage of revenue generated from external customer type	25.70%	25.80%	23.20%	31.50%
Commercial (United States)
Revenues from External Customers
Percentage of revenue generated from external customer type	11.30%	12.90%	14.30%	13.30%
Total United States
Revenues from External Customers
Percentage of revenue generated from external customer type	42.50%	45.70%	42.70%	51.90%
North African country
Revenues from External Customers
Percentage of revenue generated from external customer type	13.70%	8.20%	13.10%	5.00%
Other international
Revenues from External Customers
Percentage of revenue generated from external customer type	43.80%	46.10%	44.20%	43.10%
Total International
Revenues from External Customers
Percentage of revenue generated from external customer type	57.50%	54.30%	57.30%	48.10%
Revenue generated from external customers	$ 49,144,000	$ 40,471,000	$ 96,684,000	$ 79,689,000

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Revenues from external customers attributed to all foreign countries in total from which the entity derives revenues.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 280

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 41

-Subparagraph (a)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9038-108599



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 131

-Paragraph 38

-Subparagraph a(2)

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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