Customer and Geographic Information

9 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2012

Customer and Geographic Information [Abstract]

(15) Customer and Geographic Information

Sales by geography and customer type, as a percentage of consolidated net sales, are as follows:


	Three months ended April 30,		Nine months ended April 30,
	2012	2011	2012	2011
United States
U.S. government	48.6%	49.0%	47.8%	63.0%
Commercial customers	11.7%	10.8%	12.3%	8.0%
Total United States	60.3%	59.8%	60.1%	71.0%

International	39.7%	40.2%	39.9%	29.0%

International sales for the three months ended April 30, 2012 and 2011, which include sales to U.S. domestic companies for inclusion in products that will be sold to international customers, were $39,653,000 and $52,706,000, respectively. International sales for the nine months ended April 30, 2012 and 2011, which include sales to U.S. domestic companies for inclusion in products that will be sold to international customers, were $124,621,000 and $137,024,000, respectively.

For the three and nine months ended April 30, 2012 and 2011, except for sales to the U.S. government (including sales to prime contractors of the U.S. government), no other customer or individual country, including sales to U.S. domestic companies for inclusion in products that will be sold to a foreign country, represented more than 10% of consolidated net sales.