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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - International Military Customer [Member] - Defense Products [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015	Oct. 01, 2014
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements, Contract Amount			$ 19,000
Contracts Revenue	$ 30	$ 300

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Amount of revenue earned from products sold or services provided under the terms of a contract, including, but not limited to, government contracts and construction contracts, classified as other.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

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