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Accounting Policies, by Policy (Policies)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Principles of Consolidation

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Accounts Receivable

Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable are carried at the original invoice amount less an estimate made for credit losses based on a review of all outstanding amounts on a quarterly basis. Management determines the allowance for credit losses by regularly evaluating individual customer receivables and considering a customer’s financial condition, credit history, current economic conditions and other relevant factors, including specific reserves for certain accounts. Accounts receivable are written off when deemed uncollectible.  Bad debt expenses are recorded in operating expenses on the consolidated statements of operations.

 
Inventory Valuation

Inventory Valuation

The Company values inventory at the lower of cost on a or an estimated net realizable value. The Company periodically evaluates inventory items not secured by backlog and establishes write-downs to estimated net realizable value for excess quantities, slow-moving goods, obsolescence and for other impairments of value.
Property and Equipment

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are carried at cost net of accumulated depreciation and amortization. Repair and maintenance charges are expensed as incurred. Property, equipment, and improvements are depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets or the particular improvements. Expenditures for repairs and improvements in excess of $10,000 that add to the productive capacity or extend the useful life of an asset are capitalized. Upon disposition, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any related gain or loss is reflected in earnings.
Long-Lived Assets

Long-Lived Assets

Long-lived assets subject to amortization to be held and used are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the related carrying amount may be impaired. The Company records an impairment loss if the undiscounted future cash flows are found to be less than the carrying amount of the asset. If an impairment loss has occurred, a charge is recorded to reduce the carrying amount of the asset to fair value.
Deferred Financing Costs

Deferred Financing Costs

Costs incurred with obtaining and executing revolving debt arrangements are capitalized and recorded in other current assets and amortized using the effective interest method over the term of the related debt. Costs incurred with obtaining and executing other debt arrangements are presented as a direct deduction from the carrying value of the associated debt and also amortized using the effective interest method over the term of the related debt. The amortization of financing costs is included in interest expense in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Contract Costs Receivable

Contract Costs Receivable

Contract costs receivable represent costs to be reimbursed from a terminated contract. The Company expects to collect the receivable in the next twelve months. Contract costs receivable totals $296,000 at both December 31, 2023 and 2022.
Revenue Recognition

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods.

Revenue is recognized as the customer obtains control of the goods and services promised in the contract (i.e., performance obligations). In evaluating our contracts with our customers, we have determined that there is no future performance obligation once delivery has occurred.

Our revenue is generated from fixed-price contracts. Under fixed-price contracts, we agree to perform the specified work for a pre-determined price, which we estimate during the bidding process before the contract is awarded. To the extent our actual costs vary from the estimates upon which the price was negotiated, we will generate more or less profit or could incur a loss.

We evaluate the products promised in each contract at inception to determine whether the contract should be accounted for as having one or more performance obligations. Our contracts are typically accounted for as one performance obligation. We classify net sales as products on our consolidated statements of operations based on the predominant attributes of the performance obligations.

We determine the transaction price for each contract based on the consideration we expect to receive for the products being provided under the contract.

 

At the inception of a contract, we estimate the transaction price based on our current rights and do not contemplate future modifications (including unexercised options) or follow-on contracts until they become legally enforceable. Contracts can be subsequently modified to include changes in specifications, requirements or price, which may create new or change existing enforceable rights and obligations. Depending on the nature of the modification, we consider whether to account for the modification as an adjustment to the existing contract or as a separate contract. Generally, modifications to our contracts are not distinct from the existing contract due to the significant integration and interrelated tasks provided in the context of the contract. Therefore, such modifications are accounted for as if they were part of the existing contract and recognized as a cumulative adjustment to revenue.

We recognize revenue at the point in time in which the performance obligation is fully satisfied. This is fully satisfied when the product has shipped, which is the point in time the customer obtains control of the product and we no longer maintain control of the product.

Payment terms and conditions vary by contract, although terms generally include a requirement of payment within 30 to 75 days.

Payments received in advance from customers are recorded as customer deposits until earned, at which time revenue is recognized. The Terms and Conditions contained in our customer purchase orders often provide for liquidated damages in the event that a stop work or contract termination order is issued prior to final delivery. While the products we manufacture are specific to the type of aircraft that they are used on, there are alternate customers that can acquire and utilize these products
Customer Deposits

Customer Deposits

The Company receives advance payments on certain contracts with the remainder of the contract balance due upon the shipment of the final product once the customer inspects and approves the product for shipment. At that time, the entire amount will be recognized as revenue and the deposit will be applied to the customer’s invoice.

At December 31, 2023 and 2022, customer deposits were $3,557,000 and $781,000, respectively. The Company recognized revenue of $461,000 during year ended December 31, 2023, that was included in the customer deposits balance as of December 31, 2022. The Company recognized revenue of $440,000 during the year ended December 31, 2022, that was included in the customer deposits balance of $1,470,000 as of December 31, 2021.
Backlog

Backlog

Backlog represents the value of orders received pursuant to our Long-Term Agreements (“LTA”) or spot orders pursuant to a customer purchase order. As of December 31, 2023, backlog relating to remaining performance obligations on contracts was approximately $98.3 million. The Company estimates that a substantial portion of this backlog will be recognized as net sales during the next twenty-four-months, with the rest thereafter. This expectation assumes that raw material suppliers and outsourced processing is completed and delivered on time and that the Company’s customers will accept delivery as scheduled. The Company anticipates that sales during the aforementioned periods will also include sales from expected new orders that are not in our backlog.
Use of Estimates

Use of Estimates

In preparing the financial statements, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the financial statements and accompanying notes. The more significant management estimates are inventory valuation, useful lives and impairment of long-lived assets, income tax provision and the allowance for credit losses. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Changes in facts and circumstances may result in revised estimates, which are recorded in the period in which they become known.

 
Credit and Concentration Risks

Credit and Concentration Risks

A large percentage of the Company’s revenues are derived directly from large aerospace and defense prime contractors for which the ultimate end-user is the U.S. Government, international governments or commercial airlines. 

The composition of customers that exceeded 10% of net sales in either 2023 or 2022 are shown below:

   Percentage of Net Sales 
Customer  2023   2022 
RTX (a)   27.3%   40.6%
Lockheed Martin   24.7%   21.4%
Boeing   12.2%   0.0%
United States Government   3.6%   14.3%
(A) 

RTX includes Collins Landing Systems and Collins Aerostructures

The composition of customers that exceed 10% of accounts receivable in either 2023 or 2022 are shown below:

   Percentage of Net Receivables 
Customer  2023   2022 
RTX   45.5%   56.7%
Boeing   16.0%   0.0%
Lockheed Martin   3.7%   13.6%
(A)

RTX includes Collins Landing Systems and Collins Aerostructures
Disaggregation of Revenue

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following table summarizes revenue from contracts with customers for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022:

Product  December 31,
2023		   December 31,
2022		 
Military  $42,394,000   $43,993,000 
Commercial   9,122,000    9,245,000 
           
Total  $51,516,000   $53,238,000 
Cash

Cash

For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had occasionally maintained balances in its bank accounts that were in excess of the FDIC limit. The Company has not experienced any losses on these accounts.

 
Major Suppliers

Major Suppliers

The Company utilizes sole-source suppliers to supply raw materials or other parts that used in production. These suppliers are its only source for such parts and, therefore, in the event any of them were to go out of business or be unable to provide parts for any reason, its business could be severely harmed.
Income Taxes

Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with accounting guidance now codified as Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 740, “Income Taxes,” which requires that the Company recognize deferred tax liabilities and assets based on the differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of assets and liabilities, using enacted tax rates in effect in the years the differences are expected to reverse.

The provision for, or benefit from, income taxes includes deferred taxes resulting from the temporary differences in income for financial and tax purposes using the liability method. Such temporary differences result primarily from the differences in the carrying value of assets and liabilities. Future realization of deferred income tax assets requires sufficient taxable income within the carryback, carryforward period available under tax law. We evaluate, on a quarterly basis whether, based on all available evidence, it is probable that the deferred income tax assets are realizable. Valuation allowances are established when it is more likely than not that the tax benefit of the deferred tax asset will not be realized. The evaluation, as prescribed by ASC 740-10, includes the consideration of all available evidence, both positive and negative, regarding historical operating results including recent years with reported losses, the estimated timing of future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, estimated future taxable income exclusive of reversing temporary differences and carryforwards, and potential tax planning strategies which may be employed to prevent an operating loss or tax credit carryforward from expiring unused.

The Company accounts for uncertainties in income taxes under the provisions of ASC 740 which clarify the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements. The standard prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The Subtopic provides guidance on the de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition.
Earnings (Loss) per share

Earnings (Loss) per share

Basic earnings (loss) per share (“EPS”) is computed by dividing the net loss applicable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period.

For purposes of calculating diluted earnings (loss) per common share, the numerator includes net income (loss) plus interest on convertible notes payable assumed converted as of the first day of the period. The denominator includes both the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period and the number of common stock equivalents if the inclusion of such common stock equivalents is dilutive. Dilutive common stock equivalents potentially include stock options and warrants using the treasury stock method and convertible notes payable using the if-converted method.

The following securities have been excluded from the calculation as the exercise price was greater than the average market price of the common shares:

   December 31,   December 31, 
   2023   2022 
Stock Options   461,870    245,446 
Warrants   -    28,000 
    461,870    273,446 

 

The following securities have been excluded from the calculation because the effect of including these potential shares was anti-dilutive due to the net loss incurred during these periods:

   December 31,   December 31, 
   2023   2022 
Stock Options   -    - 
Convertible notes payable   405,800    405,800 
    405,800    405,800 
Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company accounts for stock-based compensation in accordance with FASB ASC 718, “Compensation – Stock Compensation.” Under the fair value recognition provision of the ASC, stock-based compensation cost is estimated at the grant date based on the fair value of the award. The Company estimates the fair value of stock options and warrants granted using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model and stock grants at their closing reported market value. Stock compensation expense for employees amounted to $283,000 and $310,000 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Stock compensation expense for directors amounted to $200,000 and $216,000 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Stock compensation expenses for employees and directors were included in operating expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
Goodwill

Goodwill

Goodwill represented the excess of the acquisition cost of businesses over the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired. In accordance with the provisions of Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2017-04 (“ASU 2017-04”), “Intangibles Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment”, the Company determined that the goodwill was fully impaired at December 31, 2022 and recorded an impairment charge of $163,000 is which included in operating expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.
Freight Out

Freight Out

Freight out is included in operating expenses and amounted to $87,000 and $162,000 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
Leases

Leases

In accordance with FASB ASC 842, “Leases” (“ASC 842”), the Company records a right-of-use (ROU) asset and a lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms longer than 12 months and classifies them as either operating or finance leases. The lease classification affects the expense recognition in the consolidated statement of operations. Operating lease charges are recorded entirely in operating expenses. Finance lease charges are split, where amortization of the right-of- use asset is recorded in operating expenses and an implied interest component is recorded in interest expense.

At the inception of an arrangement, the Company determines whether the arrangement is or contains a lease based on the unique facts and circumstances present and the classification of the lease including whether the contract involves the use of a distinct identified asset, whether the Company obtains the right to substantially all of the economic benefit from the use of the asset, and whether the Company has the right to direct the use of the asset. Leases with a term greater than one year are recognized on the balance sheet as ROU assets, lease liabilities and, if applicable, long-term lease liabilities. The Company has elected not to recognize on the balance sheet leases with terms of one year or less under the practical expedient. For contracts with lease and non-lease components, the Company has elected not to allocate the contract consideration, and to account for the lease and non-lease components as a single lease component.

 

Lease liabilities and their corresponding ROU assets are recorded based on the present value of lease payments over the expected lease term. The implicit rate within our operating leases are generally not determinable and, therefore, the Company uses the incremental borrowing rate at the lease commencement date to determine the present value of lease payments. The determination of the Company’s incremental borrowing rate requires judgment. The Company determines the incremental borrowing rate for each lease using our estimated borrowing rate, adjusted for various factors including level of collateralization, term and currency to align with the terms of the lease. The operating lease ROU asset also includes any lease prepayments, offset by lease incentives.

An option to extend the lease is considered in connection with determining the ROU asset and lease liability when it is reasonably certain we will exercise that option. An option to terminate is considered unless it is reasonably certain we will not exercise the option.
Reclassification

Reclassification

Certain amounts in the consolidated notes to the financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. The Right of use asset - finance lease has been reclassified from the classification of Fixed Assets at December 31, 2022.

Such reclassifications do not impact the Company’s previously reported financial position or results of operations.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No 2016-13, “Financial Instruments - Credit Losses: (“ASU No. 2016-13”) to improve information on credit losses for financial assets and investment in leases that are not accounted for at fair value through net income (loss). ASU 2016-13 replaces the previous incurred loss impairment methodology with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses. Effective January 1, 2023, the Company adopted ASU 2016-13 which did not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09 "Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures" related to improvements to income tax disclosures. The amendments in this update require enhanced jurisdictional and other disaggregated disclosures for the effective tax rate reconciliation and income taxes paid. The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. The adoption of this pronouncement is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

The Company does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards if currently adopted would have a material effect on the accompanying consolidated financial statements.