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MAJOR CUSTOMERS	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2011
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MAJOR CUSTOMERS	8.           MAJOR CUSTOMERS During the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, 9% and 24%, respectively, of revenue was directly from the U.S. government. In addition, during the six months ended June 30, 2011, the Company's three largest commercial customers accounted for 33%, 33% and 11% of revenue, respectively.  During the six months ended June 30, 2010, the Company's three largest commercial customers accounted for 29%, 20% and 13% of revenue, respectively. 9% and 16% of Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings on Uncompleted Contracts at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively, were from the U.S. government. 38%, 17,%, 17% and 16% of Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings on Uncompleted Contracts at June 30, 2011 were from our four largest commercial customers.  28%, 22,%, 19% and 10% of Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings on Uncompleted Contracts at December 31, 2010 were from our four largest commercial customers.

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The entire disclosure of the extent of the entity's reliance on its major customers, if revenues from transactions with a single external customer amount to 10 percent or more of entity revenues, including the disclosure of that fact, the total amount of revenues from each such customer, and the identity of the reportable segment or segments reporting the revenues.

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