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Segment Reporting and Sales by Major Customer
6 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2025
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Reporting and Sales by Major Customer Segment Reporting and Sales by Major Customer:
Industry Segmentation
Current Activities - The Company focuses on two primary activities, Professional Services and Aerospace Products.
Aerospace Products:
Aircraft Modifications principally includes the modification of customer owned business-size aircraft with capabilities to perform special missions including provisions for radar systems, aerial photography, search and rescue, environmental research, mapping, intelligence surveillance reconnaissance (ISR), and stability enhancing modifications. Our modifications are primarily to Learjets, Textron Beechcraft, and Textron Cessna aircraft. We also perform other specialized modifications to other unique aircraft. We provide these services through our subsidiary, Avcon Industries, Inc. (“Aircraft Modifications” or “Avcon”). Avcon activities include the high-quality precision manufacturing of machine parts at Butler Machine, LLC (doing business as “KC Machine”).
Special mission electronics principally includes the manufacture, sale, and service of electronics and accessories for control systems used on commercial and government aircraft and vehicles. We provide the products through our subsidiary, Butler National Corporation - Tempe, Arizona.
Butler Avionics sells, installs and troubleshoots aircraft avionics equipment (airplane radio equipment and flight control systems). This includes flight display systems, collision avoidance, terrain awareness instruments, and sensor systems
Butler Avionics is recognized for its troubleshooting and also supports Avcon with the integration and installation of special mission electronics systems.
Professional Services:
Butler National Service Corporation (“BNSC”) and its wholly owned subsidiary BHCMC, LLC provide management services to the Boot Hill Casino, a “state-owned casino”.
Three Months Ended
October 31, 2025
GamingAircraft ModificationAircraft AvionicsSpecial Mission ElectronicsOtherTotal
Revenues from customers$9,212 $8,414 $852 $4,773 $$23,251 
Interest expense395 98 501 
Depreciation and amortization749 891 27 17 1,691 
Operating income (loss)1,676 1,703 657 2,665 376 7,077 
Three Months Ended
October 31, 2024
GamingAircraft ModificationAircraft AvionicsSpecial Mission ElectronicsOtherTotal
Revenues from customers$9,650 $7,170 $824 $3,716 $$21,360 
Interest expense458 66 14 538 
Depreciation and amortization808 789 34 20 1,658 
Operating income (loss)3,096 1,191 (24)1,903 (1,312)4,854 
Six Months Ended
October 31, 2025
GamingAircraft ModificationAircraft AvionicsSpecial Mission ElectronicsOtherTotal
Revenues from customers$18,023 $14,056 $2,289 $9,008 $$43,376 
Interest expense810 196 19 1,025 
Depreciation and amortization1,523 1,768 14 57 32 3,394 
Operating income (loss)3,458 2,417 1,155 4,622 92 11,744 
Six Months Ended
October 31, 2024
GamingAircraft ModificationAircraft AvionicsSpecial Mission ElectronicsOtherTotal
Revenues from customers$18,887 $14,276 $1,285 $6,741 $$41,189 
Interest expense949 125 28 1,103 
Depreciation and amortization1,600 1,533 13 68 40 3,254 
Operating income (loss)5,850 1,746 10 3,287 (2,503)8,390 
Our Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM) uses the information above to evaluate performance by operating segment and does not evaluate operating segments using asset or liability information.
Major Customers: Revenue from major customers (10 percent or more of consolidated revenue) were as follows:
October 31, 2025October 31, 2024
Number of Customers% of Consolidated RevenueNumber of Customers% of Consolidated Revenue
Aerospace Products119.7%116.2%
Professional Services----
In the six months ended October 31, 2025 the Company derived 35.0% of total revenue from five Aerospace customers. The top customer provided 19.7% of total revenue while the next top four customers ranged from 2.0% to 6.9%. At October 31, 2025, we had one customer that accounted for 24.6% of our accounts receivable.