<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001179110-12-006671.txt : 20120410
<SEC-HEADER>0001179110-12-006671.hdr.sgml : 20120410
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20120410160950
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001179110-12-006671
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120402
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120410
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120410

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Askarpour Shahram
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001546928

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-31157
		FILM NUMBER:		12752091

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS & SUPPORT, INC.
		STREET 2:		720 PENNSYLVANIA DRIVE
		CITY:			EXTON
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19341

	FORMER NAME:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Askanpour Shahram
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20120410

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS & SUPPORT INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000836690
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-COMPUTER PROGRAMMING SERVICES [7371]
		IRS NUMBER:				232507402
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			PA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		420 LAPP RD
		CITY:			MALVERN
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19355
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6108899898

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		420 LAPP ROAD
		CITY:			MALVERN
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19355
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<TYPE>3
<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 3 -
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    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2012-04-02</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000836690</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS &amp; SUPPORT INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ISSC</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Askarpour Shahram</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS &amp; SUPPORT, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>720 PENNSYLVANIA DR.</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>EXTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>PA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>19341</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>2000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </nonDerivativeHolding>
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    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>4.733</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2013-08-07</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>1500</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2014-03-19</value>
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            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>15000</value>
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            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
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            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>14.167</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2014-07-27</value>
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            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                <underlyingSecurityShares>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>13.45</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2016-01-11</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>20000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>7.77</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2018-02-21</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>20000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>5.28</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2021-08-15</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>45000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>3.98</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F4"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2022-02-21</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>250000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Option is currently exercisable.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Option vests in five equal annual installments, which began on February 21, 2009, and will be fully vested on February 21, 2013.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Option vests in three equal annual installments, beginning on August 15, 2012, and will be fully vested on August 15, 2014.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Option vests in three equal annual installments, beginning on February 21, 2013, and will be fully vested on February 21, 2015.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Ronald C. Albrech, as attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-04-10</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poa.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POA
<TEXT>
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS


	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned's hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints Ronald C. Albrecht as the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described
on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:

(1)	prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5
(including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of
Innovative Solutions & Support, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation
(the "Company"), with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission, any national securities exchanges and the Company, as
considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time
(the "Exchange Act");

(2)	seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's
securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan
administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any
such person to release any such information to the undersigned and approves a
nd ratifies any such release of information; and

(3)	perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the
undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1)	this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such
attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such
attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

(2)	any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorney-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will
be in such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such
attorney-in-fact, in his discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(3)	neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any
liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the
requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned
for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation
or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section
16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

(4)	this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under
the Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements
under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

	The undersigned hereby gives and grants the foregoing
attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and
every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to
be done in and about the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if present, hereby ratifying
all that such attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of
Attorney.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such
attorney-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 10th day of April, 2012.




/s/ Shahram Askarpour
Shahram Askarpour




STATE OF Pennsylvania

COUNTY OF Chester



	On this 10th day of April, 2012, Shahram Askarpour
personally appeared before me, and acknowledged that s/he
executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and official seal.


Signature:/s/ Maureen T. Robertson




My Commission Expires: 	September 19, 2014

</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
</SEC-DOCUMENT>
