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Summary of Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2020
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block] | Total revenue recognized over time as POC was approximately $38.0 million and $45.3 million of the $41.5 million and $49.5 million reported for the years ended April 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The amounts by segment and product line were as follows:
|  | Year Ended April 30, 2020 |
|  | (In thousands) |
|  | POC Revenue |  |  | POT Revenue |  |  | Total Revenue |
FEI-NY |  | $ | 28,720 |  |  | $ | 3,031 |  |  | $ | 31,751 |
FEI-Zyfer |  |  | 9,210 |  |  |  | 1,704 |  |  |  | 10,914 |
Intersegment |  |  | (88 | ) |  |  | (1,070 | ) |  |  | (1,158 | )
Revenue |  | $ | 37,842 |  |  | $ | 3,665 |  |  | $ | 41,507 |
|  | Year Ended April 30, 2019 |
|  | (In thousands) |
|  | POC Revenue |  |  | POT Revenue |  |  | Total Revenue |
FEI-NY |  | $ | 35,588 |  |  | $ | 2,508 |  |  | $ | 38,096 |
FEI-Zyfer |  |  | 9,803 |  |  |  | 2,432 |  |  |  | 12,235 |
Intersegment |  |  | (62 | ) |  |  | (760 | ) |  |  | (822 | )
Revenue |  | $ | 45,329 |  |  | $ | 4,180 |  |  | $ | 49,509 |
Revenue from External Customers by Products and Services [Table Text Block] |
|  | Years Ended April 30, |
|  | (In thousands) |
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Revenue by Product Line: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Satellite Revenue |  | $ | 20,422 |  |  | $ | 22,810 |
Government Non-Space Revenue |  |  | 16,939 |  |  |  | 22,771 |
Other Commercial & Industrial Revenue |  |  | 4,146 |  |  |  | 3,928 |
Consolidated revenues |  | $ | 41,507 |  |  | $ | 49,509 |
Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block] | The weighted average fair value of each option or SAR has been estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following range of weighted average assumptions used for grants:
|  | Years ended April 30 |
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Expected volatility |  |  | - | % |  |  | 35 | %
Dividend yield |  |  | - | % |  |  | 0.0 | %
Risk-free interest rate |  |  | - | % |  |  | 2.81% - 3.07 | %
Expected lives |  |  | - |  |  | 5.0 years |

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