BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details 1) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)
2019	$ 11,400
2020	759
2021	254
2022	124
2023	74
Thereafter	152
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation	$ 12,763

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 13
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109196051&loc=SL49130556-203045

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