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Other Intangible Assets | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2012
Other Intangible Assets [Abstract] |
Other Intangible Assets | Note 3 – Other Intangible Assets Other intangible assets are as follows:
|  | June 30, 2012 |  |  | December 31, 2011 |
Intangible Assets Subject to Amortization |  |  |  |  |  |
(Definite-lived): |  |  |  |  |  |
Patents and acquired technology |  | $ | 113,938 |  |  | $ | 111,428 |
Capitalized software |  |  | 54,216 |  |  |  | 53,721 |
Customer relationships |  |  | 97,352 |  |  |  | 57,723 |
Tradenames |  |  | 36,428 |  |  |  | 36,762 |
Non-competition agreements |  |  | 1,700 |  |  |  | 1,000 |
|  |  | 303,634 |  |  |  | 260,634 |
Accumulated amortization: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Patents and acquired technology |  |  | (90,026 | ) |  |  | (89,379 | )
Capitalized software |  |  | (49,214 | ) |  |  | (47,836 | )
Customer relationships |  |  | (29,604 | ) |  |  | (26,174 | )
Tradenames |  |  | (15,159 | ) |  |  | (13,615 | )
Non-competition agreements |  |  | (252 | ) |  |  | (62 | )
|  |  | (184,255 | ) |  |  | (177,066 | )
Net Intangible Assets Subject to Amortization |  |  | 119,379 |  |  |  | 83,568 |
Intangible Assets Not Subject to Amortization |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(Indefinite-lived): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tradenames |  |  | 20,359 |  |  |  | 20,359 |
|  | $ | 139,738 |  |  | $ | 103,927 |
The increase in net intangible assets from December 31, 2011 is mainly attributable to the acquisition of HiRel Systems LLC on January 13, 2012. The Company allocated $43,950 of the purchase price to definite-lived intangible assets. Amortization expense (excluding capitalized software) for the fiscal quarter and six fiscal months ended June 30, 2012 was $3,690 and $7,289, respectively, compared to amortization expense (excluding capitalized software) of $3,796 and $7,565 for the fiscal quarter and six fiscal months ended July 2, 2011, respectively. HiRel Systems LLC intangible assets accounted for $694 and $1,281 of amortization expense for the fiscal quarter and six fiscal months ended June 30, 2012, respectively. Estimated annual amortization expense of intangible assets (excluding capitalized software) on the balance sheet at June 30, 2012 for the full year 2012 and each of the next four years is as follows:
2012 |  | $ | 15,213 |
2013 |  |  | 15,272 |
2014 |  |  | 15,152 |
2015 |  |  | 15,085 |
2016 |  |  | 13,413 |

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