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MAJOR CUSTOMERS	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011
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MAJOR CUSTOMERS	8.  MAJOR CUSTOMERS During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, the Company's three largest commercial customers accounted for 31%, 30% and 13% of revenue, respectively.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company's three largest commercial customers accounted for 31%, 22% and 12% of revenue, respectively. 41%, 18,%, 16% and 14% of Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings on Uncompleted Contracts at September 30, 2011 were from the Company's four largest commercial customers.  28%, 22,%, 19% and 10% of Cost and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings on Uncompleted Contracts at December 31, 2010 were from the Company's four largest commercial customers. In addition, during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, 10% and 23%, respectively, of revenue was directly from the U.S. government. 7% and 16% of Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings on Uncompleted Contracts at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively, were from the U.S. government.

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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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