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Note 9 - Property, Plant and Equipment
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Notes to Financial Statements  
Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]
9.
 Property, Plant and Equipment
 
The cost and accumulated depreciation of property and equipment at 
March 31, 2021
and 
2020
are as follows (in thousands):
 
   
March 31, 2021
   
March 31, 2020
 
Land   $
270
    $
 
Construction in progress - equipment    
220
     
3,130
 
Buildings    
1,630
     
 
Equipment and software    
41,652
     
41,737
 
Furniture and fixtures    
1,333
     
1,302
 
Leasehold improvements    
6,308
     
2,477
 
Property, plant and equipment, gross    
51,413
     
48,646
 
Less accumulated depreciation    
(42,416
)    
(40,081
)
Property, plant and equipment, net   $
8,997
    $
8,565
 
 
Depreciation expense was $
3.7
 million and
$4.0
million, for the fiscal years ended 
March 31, 2021
and
2020
, respectively.  Construction in progress - equipment primarily includes capital investments in the Company's HTS equipment and leasehold improvements in the Company's leased facility in Ayer, Massachusetts.  The increase in land and building relates to the property added as part of the NEPSI Acquisition.