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Commitments and Contingencies: | 12 Months Ended
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Commitments and Contingencies: | 14. Commitments and Contingencies: Operating Leases Rent expense under operating leases totaled $69,000, $39,000 and $30,000 for the years ended September 30, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Purchase Obligations A “purchase obligation” is defined as an agreement to purchase goods or services that is enforceable and legally binding on the Company and that specifies all significant terms, including fixed or minimum quantities to be purchased, fixed, minimum or variable price provisions, and the approximate timing of the transaction. These amounts are comprised primarily of open purchase order commitments entered in the ordinary course of business with vendors and subcontractors pertaining to fulfillment of the Company’s current order backlog. The purchase obligations on open purchase orders were $2.1 million, $3.8 million and $1.9 million as of September 30, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Product Liability The Company has product liability insurance of $50,000,000. The Company has not experienced any material product liability claims. Legal Proceedings In the ordinary course of business, the Company is at times subject to various legal proceedings and claims. Except as set forth below with respect to the Delta matter, IS&S does not believe any such matters that are currently pending will have a material effect on its results of operations or financial position. The Company announced previously that Delta Airlines (“Delta”) purported to terminate its contract with the Company to develop, manufacture and install new cockpit displays and certain navigation capabilities on it’s fleet of approximately 182 MD88 and MD90 aircraft. On October 6, 2014 Delta sent the Company a cancellation notice citing alleged schedule delays and technical infeasibility. The Company believes that Delta’s purported termination of the contract was wrongful and in breach of the terms of the contract. The contract provides for non-binding mediation in the event of such disputes, and the Company has initiated the mediation process. The Company had $3.7 million of unbilled receivables and $0.2 million of inventory on the balance sheet relating to the Delta program at September 30, 2014, both of which are fully reserved. At this time, the outcome of the mediation and any potential subsequent negotiation with or litigation against Delta is not determinable. On September 26, 2011, Farhad Daghigh, a former employee of the Company, filed a lawsuit against the Company in the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County (“the Court”) alleging breach of contract and violation of the Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Law and claimed unpaid sales commissions, prejudgment interest, and liquidated damages totaling approximately $583,000 for the fiscal years ended 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, plus attorneys’ fees and costs. In June 2013, the Court found in favor of the plaintiff awarding him damages for breach of contract, violation of the Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Law, prejudgment interest, and plaintiff’s reasonable attorneys’ fees. The Company recorded an estimated total liability of $657,000, ( which includes the plaintiff’s estimated attorney’s fees), in selling, general and administrative expenses for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013. The Company settled the matter with the plaintiff in December 2013. On January 17, 2007 the Company filed suit in the Court of Common Pleas for Delaware County, Pennsylvania against Strathman Associates, a former software consultant for IS&S, alleging that Strathman had improperly used IS&S trade secret and proprietary information in assisting J2 and Kollsman in developing the J2/Kollsman Air Data Computer. The case has not been resolved as of the date hereof.

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