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Revenue Recognition (Details)	6 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012 Hour
Revenue Recognition (Textual) [Abstract]
Company Recognizes Planned Manufacturing Process	28 days
Direct labor hours worked on contracts	575
Substantial Completion of Manufacturing Process	95.00%

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Planned manufacturing process used in determining the applicable revenue recognition method.

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Equivalent of four weeks of direct labor hours worked on contracts.

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The percent at which the manufacturing process of a contract must be completed with regard to direct labor hours for the contract to be considered substantially complete.

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