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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014 item | Mar. 31, 2013 | Mar. 31, 2014 item | Mar. 31, 2013
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |  |  |  |
Number of business segments in which the entity operates | 1 |  |  |
Property and Equipment |  |  |  |
Depreciation | $ 144,000 | $ 111,000 | $ 274,000 | $ 217,000
Long-Lived Assets |  |  |  |
Impairment charges |  |  | 0 | 0
Revenue Recognition |  |  |  |
Minimum number of deliverable for allocating revenue to each deliverable |  |  | 1 |
Engineering Development |  |  |  |
Percentage of employees who were engineers engaged in various engineering development projects |  |  | 36.00% |
Property and equipment except manufacturing facility and corporate airplane | Minimum |  |  |  |
Property and Equipment |  |  |  |
Estimated useful lives |  |  | 3 years |
Property and equipment except manufacturing facility and corporate airplane | Maximum |  |  |  |
Property and Equipment |  |  |  |
Estimated useful lives |  |  | 7 years |
Corporate airplane |  |  |  |
Property and Equipment |  |  |  |
Estimated useful lives |  |  | 10 years |
Depreciation |  |  | $ 0 |
Manufacturing facility |  |  |  |
Property and Equipment |  |  |  |
Estimated useful lives |  |  | 39 years |

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- Definition The amount of expense recognized in the current period that reflects the allocation of the cost of tangible assets over the assets' useful lives. Includes production and non-production related depreciation. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 28 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=31042434&loc=d3e3602-108585 + Details
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