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GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS [Abstract] |
Schedule of Goodwill | The changes in the carrying amounts of goodwill by segment from December 31, 2013 to September 30, 2014 were as follows:
|  | Energy & Security Sonar Solutions segment |  | GridSense segment |  | Oil & Gas Sensor systems segment |  | Total
Balance as of December 31, 2013 |  | $ | 581 |  |  | $ | 2,446 |  |  | $ | 1,402 |  |  | $ | 4,429 |
Translation adjustment |  | (35 | ) |  | (42 | ) |  | — |  |  | (77 | )
Balance as of September 30, 2014 |  | $ | 546 |  |  | $ | 2,404 |  |  | $ | 1,402 |  |  | $ | 4,352 |
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class | The changes in the carrying amounts and accumulated amortization of intangible assets from December 31, 2013 to September 30, 2014 were as follows:
|  | Energy & Security Sonar Solutions segment |  | GridSense segment |  | Oil & Gas Sensor systems segment |  |
|  | Cost |  | A.A.* |  | Cost |  | A.A.* |  | Cost |  | A.A.* |  | Total
Balance as of December 31, 2013 |  | $ | 572 |  |  | $ | (482 | ) |  | $ | 2,271 |  |  | $ | (811 | ) |  | $ | 2,715 |  |  | $ | (530 | ) |  | $ | 3,735 |
Amortization |  | — |  |  | (61 | ) |  | — |  |  | (152 | ) |  | — |  |  | (113 | ) |  | (326 | )
Translation adjustment |  | (35 | ) |  | 27 |  |  | (25 | ) |  | 14 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (19 | )
Balance as of September 30, 2014 |  | $ | 537 |  |  | $ | (516 | ) |  | $ | 2,246 |  |  | $ | (949 | ) |  | $ | 2,715 |  |  | $ | (643 | ) |  | $ | 3,390 |
Weighted average estimated useful lives in years |  | 6.0 |  | 11.1 |  | 20.0 |  |
Composition of finite lived intangibles by class | The composition of intangibles in each of the Company's segments are as follows:
Segment |  | Type of Intangible
Energy & Security Sonar Solutions |  | Naval technologies
GridSense |  | Software, customer relationships and trade name
USSI |  | Sensor technologies and license

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