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Note 8 - Major Customers (Details Textual)	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] | Customer A [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	33.00%	21.00%
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] | Customer B [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	28.00%	19.00%
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] | Customer C [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	12.00%	15.00%
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] | US Government [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	0.00%	0.60%
Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings on Uncompleted Contracts [Member] | Customer A [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	28.00%		26.00%
Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings on Uncompleted Contracts [Member] | Customer B [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	27.00%		23.00%
Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings on Uncompleted Contracts [Member] | Customer C [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	14.00%		13.00%
Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings on Uncompleted Contracts [Member] | US Government [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	1.20%		1.00%
Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings on Uncompleted Contracts [Member] | Customer D [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	10.00%		11.00%
Accounts Receivable [Member] | Customer A [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	25.00%		30.00%
Accounts Receivable [Member] | Customer B [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	22.00%		18.00%
Accounts Receivable [Member] | Customer C [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	16.00%		16.00%
Number of Large Customers Contributed to Revenue of Entity	3	3
Number of Large Commercial Customers Accounted for Major Share in Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings on Uncompleted Contracts	4		4
Number of Large Customers Included in Accounts Receivable of Entity	3		3

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Represents number of large customers accounted for entity's major share of revenue during the reporting period.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 275
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 825
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