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Business Segments
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Business Segments [Abstract]  
Business Segments
(NOTE 9) - Business Segments:

The Company operates through two business segments, the Electronics Segment (or "Electronics Group") and the Power Units Segment (or "Power Group").  The Electronics Group is comprised of the Orbit Instrument Division and the Company's TDL and ICS subsidiaries. The Orbit Instrument Division and TDL are engaged in the design, manufacture and sale of customized electronic components and subsystems. ICS performs system integration for Gun Weapons Systems and Fire Control Interface as well as logistics support and documentation. The Company's Power Group, through the Company's Behlman Electronics, Inc. subsidiary, is engaged in the design, manufacture and sale of distortion free commercial power units, power conversion devices and electronic devices for measurement and display.

The Company's reportable segments are business units that offer different products.  The reportable segments are each managed separately as they manufacture and distribute distinct products with different production processes.

The following is the Company's business segment information for the three month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012:

 
Three Months Ended
 
 
March 31,
 
 
2013
 
 
2012
 
Net sales:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Electronics
 
 
 
 
 
 
Domestic
 
$
2,837,000
 
 
$
2,640,000
 
Foreign
 
 
351,000
 
 
 
466,000
 
Total Electronics
 
 
3,188,000
 
 
 
3,106,000
 
Power Units
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Domestic
 
 
3,072,000
 
 
 
2,705,000
 
Foreign
 
 
200,000
 
 
 
351,000
 
Total Power Units
 
 
3,272,000
 
 
 
3,056,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Intersegment Sales
 
 
(13,000
)
 
 
-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
$
6,447,000
 
 
$
6,162,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income (Loss) before income tax provision:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Electronics Group
 
$
(467,000
)
 
$
(1,733,000
)
Power Group
 
 
734,000
 
 
 
646,000
 
General corporate expenses not allocated
 
 
(307,000
)
 
 
(317,000
)
Interest expense
 
 
(17,000
)
 
 
(34,000
)
Investment and other income, net
 
 
3,000
 
 
 
93,000
 
Loss before income tax provision
 
$
(54,000
)
 
$
(1,345,000
)