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ASC 606 and Business and Credit Concentrations Disaggregation of Revenue (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Disaggregation of Contract Revenue with a Customer [Abstract]

Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes net sales from contracts with customers for the three months ended March 31, 2018:

Mobile connectivity product, transfered at point in time		$	6,670
Mobile connectivity product, transfered over time		1,250
Mobile connectivity service		24,829
Inertial navigation product		6,072
Inertial navigation service		1,280
Total net sales		$	40,101

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Disaggregation of Contract Revenue with a Customer [Abstract]

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Tabular disclosure of disaggregation of revenue into categories depicting how nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factor.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82913847&loc=SL49130545-203045

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