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Accounts Receivable (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Receivables [Abstract]

Schedule of Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Table Text Block]

Accounts receivable at October 31, 2015 and 2014 consisted of the following (in thousands):

		2015				2014
Advanced Technology (including U.S. Government (1)):
Amount billed		$	433			$	2,517
Unbilled recoverable costs		3,077				2,886
		3,510				5,403
Commercial customers:
Amount billed		19,331				8,871
Unbilled recoverable costs		37,949				50,101
		57,280				58,972
		$	60,790			$	64,375

(1) Total U.S. Government accounts receivable outstanding at October 31, 2015 and 2014 is $2.6 million and

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Tabular disclosure of the various types of trade accounts and notes receivable and for each the gross carrying value, allowance, and net carrying value as of the balance sheet date. Presentation is categorized by current, noncurrent and unclassified receivables.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.3,4)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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