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GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS Schedule of Intangibles (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 9 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2012
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Intangible assets | $ 3,936 |  |  | $ 9,561 |
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Finite-lived | (4,801) |  |  |  |
Payments to Acquire Intangible Assets | 0 |  | (150) |  |
Amortization | (733) |  | (716) |  |
Cumulative Translation Adjustment | (91) |  |  |  |
Energy & Security Sonar Solutions Segment [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Weighted-Average Useful Life | 6 years |  |  |  |
Energy & Security Sonar Solutions Segment [Member] | Gross cost intangibles [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Intangible assets | 562 |  |  | 532 |
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Finite-lived | 0 |  |  |  |
Amortization | 0 |  |  |  |
Cumulative Translation Adjustment | 30 |  |  |  |
Energy & Security Sonar Solutions Segment [Member] | Accumulated amortization intangibles [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Intangible assets | (451) |  |  | (364) |
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Finite-lived | 0 |  |  |  |
Amortization | (61) |  |  |  |
Cumulative Translation Adjustment | (26) |  |  |  |
GridSense segment [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Weighted-Average Useful Life | 10 years |  |  |  |
GridSense segment [Member] | Gross cost intangibles [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Intangible assets | 2,635 |  |  | 2,777 |
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Finite-lived | 0 |  |  |  |
Amortization | 0 |  |  |  |
Cumulative Translation Adjustment | (142) |  |  |  |
GridSense segment [Member] | Accumulated amortization intangibles [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Intangible assets | (1,032) |  |  | (873) |
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Finite-lived | 0 |  |  |  |
Amortization | (206) |  |  |  |
Cumulative Translation Adjustment | 47 |  |  |  |
USSI segment [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Weighted-Average Useful Life | 20 years |  |  |  |
USSI segment [Member] | Gross cost intangibles [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Intangible assets | 2,715 |  |  | 2,715 |
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Finite-lived | 0 |  |  |  |
Amortization | 0 |  |  |  |
Cumulative Translation Adjustment | 0 |  |  |  |
USSI segment [Member] | Accumulated amortization intangibles [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Intangible assets | (493) |  |  | (380) |
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Finite-lived | 0 |  |  |  |
Amortization | (113) |  |  |  |
Cumulative Translation Adjustment | 0 |  |  |  |
Power Generation Monitoring segment [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Weighted-Average Useful Life |  |  |  |  |
Power Generation Monitoring segment [Member] | Gross cost intangibles [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Intangible assets | 561 |  |  | 4,385 |
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Finite-lived | (3,824) |  |  |  |
Amortization | 0 |  |  |  |
Cumulative Translation Adjustment | 0 |  |  |  |
Power Generation Monitoring segment [Member] | Accumulated amortization intangibles [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Intangible assets | (561) |  |  | (309) |
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Finite-lived | 0 |  |  |  |
Amortization | (252) |  |  |  |
Cumulative Translation Adjustment | 0 |  |  |  |
All Other Segments [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Weighted-Average Useful Life |  |  |  |  |
All Other Segments [Member] | Gross cost intangibles [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Intangible assets | 219 | [1] |  | 1,196 | [1]
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Finite-lived | 977 | [1] |  |  |
Amortization | 0 | [1] |  |  |
Cumulative Translation Adjustment | 0 | [1] |  |  |
All Other Segments [Member] | Accumulated amortization intangibles [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Intangible assets | (219) | [1] |  | (118) | [1]
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Finite-lived | 0 | [1] |  |  |
Amortization | (101) | [1] |  |  |
Cumulative Translation Adjustment | $ 0 | [1] |  |  |
[1] | ** Results for the Cathodic Protection segment are included in "Other" in Segment Reporting (see Note 10).

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