LONG-TERM DEBT (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended				6 Months Ended		1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended				6 Months Ended				1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended			6 Months Ended					1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended				1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012 item	Mar. 31, 2012 item	Sep. 30, 2012 Other current assets	Sep. 30, 2012 Other noncurrent assets	Sep. 30, 2012 MLSA and Eighth Amendment Minimum	Sep. 30, 2012 MLSA and Eighth Amendment Maximum	Sep. 30, 2013 Eleventh Amendment	Mar. 31, 2013 Eleventh Amendment	Dec. 31, 2012 Eleventh Amendment	Sep. 30, 2012 Eleventh Amendment	Jul. 06, 2012 Eleventh Amendment	Sep. 30, 2012 Eleventh Amendment Minimum	Sep. 30, 2012 Eleventh Amendment Minimum	Sep. 30, 2012 Eleventh Amendment Maximum	Sep. 30, 2012 ISDA Master Agreement	Mar. 31, 2012 ISDA Master Agreement	Sep. 30, 2012 Sovereign Bank Secured Term Note due March, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012 Sovereign Bank Secured Term Note due March, 2013	Feb. 24, 2006 Sovereign Bank Secured Term Note due March, 2013	Feb. 24, 2006 Sovereign Bank Secured Term Note due March, 2013 Loan Agreement	Jan. 31, 2007 Sovereign Bank Capital Expenditure Note due November 2014	Sep. 30, 2012 Sovereign Bank Capital Expenditure Note due November 2014	Mar. 31, 2012 Sovereign Bank Capital Expenditure Note due November 2014	Sep. 30, 2012 Sovereign Bank Staged Advance Note due March 2016	Mar. 31, 2012 Sovereign Bank Staged Advance Note due March 2016	Sep. 30, 2012 Sovereign Bank Staged Advance Note due March 2016 Maximum	Mar. 29, 2010 Sovereign Bank Staged Advance Note due March 2016 Loan Agreement	Sep. 30, 2012 Bonds financing	Jan. 31, 2011 Bonds financing	Dec. 30, 2010 Bonds financing	Sep. 30, 2012 MDFA Series A Bonds due January 2021	Mar. 31, 2012 MDFA Series A Bonds due January 2021	Oct. 28, 2011 MDFA Series A Bonds due January 2021	Sep. 30, 2011 MDFA Series A Bonds due January 2021	Dec. 30, 2010 MDFA Series A Bonds due January 2021	Dec. 31, 2010 MDFA Series A Bonds due January 2021 Ranor Inc. sqft	Sep. 30, 2012 MDFA Series A Bonds due January 2021 Maximum	Sep. 30, 2012 MDFA Series A Bonds due January 2021 ISDA Master Agreement	Sep. 30, 2012 MDFA Series B Bonds due January 2018	Mar. 31, 2012 MDFA Series B Bonds due January 2018	Dec. 30, 2010 MDFA Series B Bonds due January 2018	Sep. 30, 2012 MDFA Series B Bonds due January 2018 ISDA Master Agreement	Apr. 30, 2012 Obligations under capital leases	Sep. 30, 2012 Obligations under capital leases	Mar. 31, 2012 Obligations under capital leases	Sep. 30, 2012 Revolving Note	Sep. 30, 2012 Revolving Note Loan Agreement	Feb. 24, 2006 Revolving Note Loan Agreement
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations
Total long-term debt		$ 6,497,676	$ 7,135,227															$ 285,714	$ 571,429				$ 370,541	$ 490,292	$ 417,312	$ 445,133						$ 3,895,833	$ 4,002,083							$ 1,485,714	$ 1,624,999				$ 42,562	$ 1,291
Principal payments due within one year		(1,079,676)	(1,358,933)
Principal payments due after one year		5,418,000	5,776,294
Aggregate principal amount																					4,000,000							1,900,000			6,200,000					4,250,000						1,950,000
Maximum borrowings																							3,000,000																									2,000,000	2,000,000
Ratio of earnings to cover fixed charges (as a percent)						120.00%									125.00%
Interest coverage ratio that must be exceeded						2								2
Leverage ratio covenant							3								2
Actual leverage ratio											1
Value of property after appraisal	4,800,000
Loan-to-value ratio (as a percent)																																						75.00%
Maximum loan amount																																3,600,000
Amount by which bond balance exceeded the maximum loan amount																																			490,000
Current monthly debt principal amount																																17,708								23,214
Required earnings before interest and taxes													1
EBIT											14,286
Cash collateral deposit				212,500	83,337																													490,000
Additional cash collateral in restricted cash account												840,000
Trailing period used for determining the ratio of earnings available to cover fixed charges and the interest ratio coverage under the terms of the loan covenants									9 months	6 months
Trailing period used for quarterly determination of the ratio of earnings available to cover fixed charges and the interest ratio coverage under the terms of the loan covenants								12 months
Bank fee paid												10,000
Term of debt																		7 years
Variable interest basis																		Prime Rate					LIBOR		LIBOR				one-month LIBOR																		Prime Rate
Interest margin (as a percent)																		1.50%					3.00%		4.00%				2.75%																		1.50%
Amount of principal payable in quarterly installments																		142,857
Area of land financed for expansion (in square feet)																																					19,500
Initial interest rate (as a percent)																				9.00%										1.96%	1.96%
Interest rate percentage multiplier																													65.00%
Fixed interest rate (as a percent)																																							4.14%				3.63%
Number of interest rate swap transactions		2	2
Notional amount of interest rate swap cash flow hedges																5,400,000	5,600,000
Borrowing limit as a percentage of accounts receivable																																															70.00%
Borrowing limit as a percentage of inventory																																															40.00%
Funds available for borrowing																																															2,000,000
Unused borrowing capacity fee as a percentage of average unused credit line amount of previous month																																															0.25%
Initial maximum loan amount																						500,000
Period of amortization of debt instrument																							5 years		5 years
Percentage of purchase price of gantry mill machine used for determination of aggregate amount of advances																											80.00%
Capital lease obligation for new office equipment		46,378																																										46,378
Capital lease term																																													63 months
Capital lease interest rate																																													6.00%
Capital lease monthly payment																																													$ 860