Related Party Transactions	12 Months Ended
Related Party Transactions	Dec. 31, 2011
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related Party Transactions	6. Related Party Transactions Included in sales and cost of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2011 are approximately $2.5 million and $0.9 million respectively relating to sales to and purchases from Microwave Vision. Included in sales and cost of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2010, are approximately $2.3 million and $0.4 million, respectively, relating to sales to and purchases from Microwave Vision. On August 14, 2009, the Company entered into an Assistance and Provision of Services Agreement (the “Services Agreement”) with Microwave Vision and several subsidiaries of Microwave Vision, including Satimo. Microwave Vision owns 3.7 million shares of common stock of the Company, which it acquired through a reorganization involving its wholly owned subsidiary, Satimo. Satimo originally acquired its shares of common stock of the Company from Orbit-Alchut Technologies, Ltd. on May 13, 2008. Pursuant to the Services Agreement, Microwave Vision agreed to provide management, operational, sales and marketing, legal, technical and other services to the Company, Satimo, and Microwave Vision's other direct and indirect Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Subsidiaries”). In consideration thereof, the Company, Satimo and each of the other Subsidiaries agreed to pay Microwave Vision a fee to be determined as of the start of each calendar year, effective on January 1, 2009, based on the projected gross margins of each Subsidiary for that year, subject to adjustment at year-end based on each entities' gross margin (as defined) for the year. In addition, the Company agreed to pay Microwave Vision an additional fee of 1% of its gross sales in consideration of the right to use the name “Microwave Vision” in the Company's sales and marketing activities. The Company has recorded approximately $1.2 million and $1.7 million respectively in expenses related to the Services Agreement for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010.

The entire disclosure for related party transactions, including the nature of the relationship(s), a description of the transactions, the amount of the transactions, the effects of any change in the method of establishing the terms of the transaction from the previous period, stated interest rate, expiration date, terms and manner of settlement per the agreement with the related party, and amounts due to or from related parties. If the entity and one or more other entities are under common ownership or management control and this control affects the operating results or financial position, disclosure includes the nature of the control relationship even if there are no transactions between the entities. Disclosure may also include the aggregate amount of current and deferred tax expense for each statement of earnings presented where the entity is a member of a group that files a consolidated tax return, the amount of any tax related balances due to or from affiliates as of the date of each statement of financial position presented, the principal provisions of the method by which the consolidated amount of current and deferred tax expense is allocated to the members of the group and the nature and effect of any changes in that method. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates.

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