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Overview

We are a leader in the traffic management market focused on the development and application of advanced technologies that reduce traffic congestion and improve the safety of surface transportation systems infrastructure. As an added benefit, our products and services minimize the environmental impact of traffic congestion. By combining outdoor image processing, traffic engineering and information technology, we offer a broad range of Intelligent Transportation Systems ("ITS") and driver safety solutions to customers worldwide.

We currently operate in three reportable segments: Roadway Sensors, Vehicle Sensors, and Transportation Systems. The Roadway Sensors segment includes our Vantage and VersiCam vehicle detection systems for traffic intersection control, incident detection and certain highway traffic data collection applications. The Vehicle Sensors segment includes our lane departure warning ("LDW") products and is comprised of all of our activities related to vehicle safety. The Transportation Systems segment includes transportation engineering and consulting services, and the development of transportation management and traveler information systems for the ITS industry.

Our Roadway Sensors segment product line uses advanced image processing technology to capture and analyze video images through sophisticated algorithms, enabling vehicle detection and transmission of both video images and data using a wide range of communication technologies. Our Vantage video detection systems detect vehicle presence, count, speed and other traffic data used in traffic management systems. This gives traffic managers the ability to mitigate roadway congestion by modifying traffic signal timing or detecting incidents quickly. VersiCam, our integrated camera and processor video detection system, is a cost-efficient video detection system for smaller intersections that require only a few detection points. Vantage video detection systems have been deployed by hundreds of agencies and are currently sold through a network of independent dealers in the United States, Asia, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East.

Our Vehicle Sensors segment addresses the leading cause of roadway fatalities:
rear-end, lane change, and roadway departure accidents. We developed the world's first production LDW system and offer a proven system that is available as an OEM and aftermarket option on heavy trucks worldwide and as an option in passenger cars. Our LDW products utilize video detection images to detect when a vehicle begins to drift toward an unintended lane change. When this occurs, the unit automatically emits a distinctive rumble strip or other audible warning sound, alerting the driver to make a correction. To date, we have sold approximately 72,000 LDW systems into the heavy truck market in Europe, North America and Asia. Our LDW systems are currently qualified as an option on certain heavy trucks, including Mercedes-Benz, MAN, Iveco, DAF, Scania, Freightliner and FUSO, as well as Neoplan and MAN luxury bus and coach lines. In North America, our LDW systems are sold primarily to truck fleets. We believe that as a result the expected 2013 European mandate for LDW and other active safety systems, and an overall awareness of the potential benefits of LDW, that we will experience an even higher degree of competition from a variety of tier-one OEM suppliers and other potential market entrants, worldwide. We believe that this increased competition further validates the long term market opportunity for LDW systems in commercial vehicles. We are currently working with our major European OEM customer base to establish long-term supply agreements that extend to 2013 and beyond in order to meet the anticipated increase in demand. We cannot assure you that our efforts will be successful. We have also licensed our LDW technology to our strategic partner, Valeo Schalter and Sensuren GmbH ("Valeo"), resulting in sales to date of approximately 71,000 LDW systems for passenger cars. Additionally, we and our partner have experienced a greater degree of competition in the passenger car market, further validating LDW systems in this market as well. Several passenger car OEM's have recently introduced vehicle platforms with competing LDW systems. We and our partner Valeo continue to aggressively pursue opportunities in the passenger car market.

In addition to our LDW systems, our Vehicle Sensors portfolio includes technologies such as radar-based Forward Collision Warning ("FCW") and Blind Spot Warning ("BSW") systems for the North American truck market. Our Safety Direct product is a system that reports driver performance data captured by our LDW system and that has the ability to relay this information directly to fleet operators through integration with the truck's existing fleet communications system. We offer the FCW and BSW features through the resale of Delphi's radar based systems, for which we are the exclusive North American dealer, while Safety Direct was internally developed. These products, together with our LDW products, combine to create a suite of active safety driver assistance features that help to reduce the number of motor vehicle crashes and the severity of crash-related injuries.

Our Transportation Systems segment includes transportation engineering and consulting services focused on the planning, design, development and implementation of software-based systems that integrate sensors, video surveillance, computer, and advanced communications equipment to enable public agencies to monitor, control and direct traffic flow, assist in the quick dispatch of emergency crews and distribute real-time information about traffic conditions. Our services include planning, design and implementation of surface transportation infrastructure systems. We perform analysis and study goods movement, commercial vehicle operations, travel demand forecasting and systems engineering, and identify mitigation measures to reduce traffic congestion. These services and systems are primarily sold to local, state, and national transportation agencies in the United States.

Our Transportation Systems segment is largely dependent upon governmental funding and budgetary issues. We believe the overall expansion of our Transportation Systems segment in recent years was due in part to the passage of the Federal Highway Bill in 2005, combined with increased transportation funds available at state and local agencies throughout the country. The 2005 Federal Highway Bill is currently scheduled to expire on October 31, 2009, and Congress is currently in negotiations regarding future extensions. We anticipate possible delays in the enactment of a new federal highway bill; however, we believe the current level of funding will continue until such time that the new Bill is passed through Congress.

Despite the federal stimulus package, many municipalities and other agencies continue to face budgetary issues, whereby in some cases, spending for new roadways, new systems to address traffic congestion and other transportation infrastructure improvements has been delayed. Nevertheless, we believe that the need to rebuild and modernize aging transportation infrastructure will continue, and in addition to funds available through the stimulus package and federal highway bills, there exist a variety of other funding mechanisms that support transportation infrastructure and related projects, including bonds, dedicated tax measures and other alternative funding sources. At this point in time, we cannot determine when or if such funding sources will be available or the extent to which we may benefit from future sources of funding for transportation-related projects.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is based on our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included herein, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and related disclosures of contingent assets and

liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate these estimates and assumptions, including those related to the collectibility of accounts receivable, the valuation of inventories, the recoverability of long-lived assets and goodwill, the realizability of deferred tax assets, accounting for stock-based compensation, the valuation of equity instruments, warranty reserves and other contingencies. We base these estimates on our historical experience and on various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. These estimates and assumptions by their nature involve risks and uncertainties, and may prove to be inaccurate. In the event that any of our estimates or assumptions are inaccurate in any material respect, it could have a material adverse effect on our reported assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and our reported revenues and expenses during the reporting period.

The accounting policies that affect our more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are those relating to revenue recognition, accounts receivable, inventory, goodwill, warranty, income taxes, and stock-based compensation. These policies are described in further detail in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009 ("fiscal 2009"). There have been no significant changes in our critical accounting policies and estimates during the six months ended September 30, 2009 as compared to what was previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2009.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Refer to Note 1 of Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, included in Part I, Item I of this report for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.

Results of Operations



The following table sets forth certain statement of operations data as a
percentage of total net sales and contract revenues for the periods indicated:



                                               Three Months Ended        Six Months Ended
                                                 September 30,            September 30,
                                               2009         2008         2009        2008

Net sales and contract revenues:
Net sales                                         56.9 %       58.1 %      52.2 %      59.2 %
Contract revenues                                 43.1         41.9        47.8        40.8
Total net sales and contract revenues            100.0 %      100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %
Costs of net sales and contract revenues:
Cost of net sales                                 29.7         30.9        28.0        30.5
Cost of contract revenues                         26.1         27.8        30.8        26.6
Gross profit                                      44.2         41.3        41.2        42.8
Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative               30.5         24.4        29.8        26.9
Research and development                           5.9          5.9         6.3         6.4
Amortization of intangible assets                  0.3          0.2         0.3         0.2
Total operating expenses                          36.7         30.5        36.3        33.5
Operating income                                   7.5         10.8         4.9         9.4
Non-operating income (expense):
Other income (expense), net                       (0.0 )        0.1         0.1         0.1
Interest expense, net                             (0.5 )       (1.0 )      (0.5 )      (1.1 )
Income before income taxes                         7.0          9.9         4.4         8.3
Provision for income taxes                        (3.4 )       (4.3 )      (2.1 )      (3.6 )
Net income                                         3.7 %        5.6 %       2.3 %       4.7 %

Analysis of Quarterly Results of Operations

Net Sales and Contract Revenues. Net sales are comprised of product sales from our Roadway Sensors and Vehicle Sensors segments, as well as contract engineering revenue and royalty revenue generated from our Vehicle Sensors segment. Contract revenues consist entirely of Transportation Systems contract revenues, which are generated from systems integration and ITS consulting services primarily with federal, state, county and municipal agencies.

The following tables present details of our net sales and contract revenues for the three and six months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008:

                                          Three Months Ended
                                            September 30,                      %
                                           2009         2008     Decrease    Change
                                            (In thousands, except percentages)
Roadway Sensors                         $     7,082   $  7,617   $    (535 )   (7.0 )%
Vehicle Sensors                               1,380      3,461      (2,081 )  (60.1 )
Net sales                                     8,462     11,078      (2,616 )  (23.6 )
Contract revenues                             6,403      7,988      (1,585 )  (19.8 )
Total net sales and contract revenues   $    14,865   $ 19,066   $  (4,201 )  (22.0 )

                                           Six Months Ended
                                            September 30,                      %
                                           2009         2008     Decrease    Change
                                            (In thousands, except percentages)
Roadway Sensors                         $    12,957   $ 15,043   $  (2,086 )  (13.9 )%
Vehicle Sensors                               2,438      6,561      (4,123 )  (62.8 )
Net sales                                    15,395     21,604      (6,209 )  (28.7 )
Contract revenues                            14,104     14,904        (800 )   (5.4 )
Total net sales and contract revenues   $    29,499   $ 36,508   $  (7,009 )  (19.2 )

We have historically had a diverse customer base. For the six months ended September 30, 2009, one individual customer accounted for approximately 10% of our total net sales and contract revenues. In the corresponding period in the prior year, no individual customer accounted for greater than 10% of our total net sales and contract revenues.

Roadway Sensors

The decrease in Roadway Sensors net sales for the three and six months ended September 30, 2009 as compared to the corresponding periods in the prior fiscal year was mainly due to the ongoing effects of reduced and delayed spending on infrastructure projects, in part due to the decline in commercial and residential construction as well as state and local government budgetary pressures. We believe these factors are at least partially attributable to the continued weakness in the U.S. and global economy. We expect the above factors, among others, may continue to adversely impact our Roadway Sensors net sales for at least the next few fiscal quarters. Additionally, winter weather conditions have historically had a negative impact on Roadway Sensors net sales in our fiscal third and fourth quarters in the regions where projects can be delayed due to such factors.

Vehicle Sensors

The largest element of Vehicle Sensors net sales was sales of our LDW systems to the heavy truck market, which aggregated approximately $1.2 million and $2.0 million for the three and six months ended September 30, 2009, respectively, compared to approximately $3.2 million and $5.9 million for the three and six months ended September 30, 2008, respectively. Vehicle Sensors net sales decreased for the current fiscal year primarily due to the ongoing slowdown in overall LDW unit shipments to each of our key markets. We currently continue to experience softness in our LDW unit sales to the North American truck market and to our European and Asian OEM customers, which we believe is driven largely by the general slowdown in the U.S. and worldwide credit markets and continued weakness in the overall global economy. We anticipate that Vehicle Sensors unit sales for the remainder of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010 ("fiscal 2010") and beyond could also be adversely impacted as a result of the overall decline in sales of heavy trucks globally and by slower than expected adoption rates of our LDW system by European and Asian OEMs and North American heavy truck fleets. Additionally, future unit sales of LDW systems could be adversely impacted as a result of increased competition which contributed to a division of an international heavy truck customer sourcing future primary LDW unit sales to a competitor for a specific geographic region.

Also included in Vehicle Sensors net sales are revenues from contract engineering services and royalty revenues in the passenger car market that are derived from our strategic relationship with Valeo, which aggregated approximately $191,000 and $439,000 for the three and six months ended September 30, 2009, respectively, compared to $284,000 and $658,000 for the three and six months ended September 30, 2008, respectively.

Contract Revenues

Contract revenues are primarily dependent upon the continued availability of funding at both the state and federal levels from the various departments of transportation. For the three months ended September 30, 2009, our contract revenues decreased compared to the corresponding period in the prior fiscal year largely due to a reduction in sub-consulting content revenues as certain significant projects were completed in the current period. In the future, we plan to continue to pursue large contracts that may contain significant sub-consulting content, which will likely contribute to variability in the timing and amount of our contract revenues from period to period. We believe the ability of our Transportation Systems business to grow and successfully win and service new contracts will remain highly dependent upon our continued success in recruiting and retaining qualified personnel. Historically, all of our contract revenues have been derived from work performed in North America under a broad range of fixed price and cost plus fixed fee contracts. Beginning in the second quarter of fiscal 2010, we began work on our first overseas contract award to assist the Abu Dhabi Department of Transport in the development of certain ITS architecture. To date, revenues from this contract have not been significant.

Gross Profit. The following tables present details of our gross profit for the three and six months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008:

                                      Three Months Ended
                                         September 30,                             %
                                      2009           2008        Decrease       Change
                                            (In thousands, except percentages)
Total gross profit                 $     6,570    $    7,875    $    (1,305 )      (16.6 )%
Total gross profit as a % of
total net sales and contract
revenues                                  44.2 %        41.3 %
Gross profit as a % of net
sales                                     47.9 %        46.9 %
Gross profit as a % of contract
revenues                                  39.4 %        33.6 %

                                       Six Months Ended
                                         September 30,                             %
                                      2009           2008        Decrease       Change
                                            (In thousands, except percentages)
Total gross profit                 $    12,152    $   15,627    $    (3,475 )      (22.2 )%
Total gross profit as a % of
total net sales and contract
revenues                                  41.2 %        42.8 %
Gross profit as a % of net
sales                                     46.4 %        48.4 %
Gross profit as a % of contract
revenues                                  35.5 %        34.7 %

Our gross margin for the three months ended September 30, 2009 increased compared to the corresponding period in the prior fiscal year primarily as a result of higher margins from our Transportation Systems contract revenues, as discussed further below. On a fiscal year-to-date basis, the slight decline in our gross margin in the current fiscal year, as compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year, was primarily the result of a higher mix of contract revenues, which represented approximately 48% of our total net sales and contract revenues thus far in the current fiscal year as compared to approximately 41% in the same period in the prior fiscal year. Generally, contract revenues carry lower margins than our net sales.

The slight increase in gross profit as a percent of net sales for the three months ended September 30, 2009 as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year was a result of higher margins in Roadway Sensors during the current quarter, primarily driven by our customer mix. The overall decrease in gross profit as a percent of net sales for the six months ended September 30, 2009 as compared to the corresponding period in the prior year was primarily a result of decreased gross profit in Vehicle Sensors, which was driven by lower overhead absorption due to the decline in sales in the current fiscal year, as well as an increase in certain estimates for additional excess and obsolete inventory provisions. Gross profit as a percentage of net sales can fluctuate in any specific quarter or year based on, among other factors, customer and product mix, competitive pricing requirements, product warranty costs and provisions for excess and obsolete inventories, as well as possible shifts of engineering resources from development activities to sustaining activities, which we record as cost of goods sold.

We recognize contract revenues and related gross profit using percentage of completion contract accounting, and the underlying mix of contract activity affects the related gross profit recognized in any given period. The increase in gross profit as a percent of contract revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2009 compared to the corresponding period in the prior year was primarily due to a contract mix weighted more toward higher margin contracts in the current quarter, which contained a significantly lower proportion of sub-consulting revenues. In subsequent quarters of fiscal 2010, we expect similarly lower levels of sub-consulting content as a percentage of our total contract revenues, as compared to recent prior fiscal quarters; however, due to the variability and timing of our contracts, it has become increasingly difficult to accurately predict sub-consulting content in future periods.

Selling, General and Administrative Expense. The following tables present selling, general and administrative expense for the three and six months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008:

                          Three Months Ended       Three Months Ended
                          September 30, 2009       September 30, 2008
                                     % of Net                 % of Net
                                     Sales and                Sales and
                                     Contract                 Contract       Increase       %
                          Amount     Revenues      Amount     Revenues      (Decrease)    Change
                                           (In thousands, except percentages)
Salary and
personnel-related        $   3,020        20.3 %  $   3,121        16.4 %  $       (101 )   (3.2 )%
Facilities, insurance
and supplies                   677         4.6          580         3.0              97     16.7
Travel and conferences         351         2.4          411         2.2             (60 )  (14.6 )
Professional and
outside services               294         2.0          341         1.8             (47 )  (13.8 )
Other                          185         1.2          200         1.0             (15 )   (7.5 )
Selling, general and
administrative           $   4,527        30.5 %  $   4,653        24.4 %  $       (126 )   (2.7 )

                           Six Months Ended         Six Months Ended
                          September 30, 2009       September 30, 2008
                                     % of Net                 % of Net
                                     Sales and                Sales and
                                     Contract                 Contract       Increase       %
                          Amount     Revenues      Amount     Revenues      (Decrease)    Change
                                           (In thousands, except percentages)
Salary and
personnel-related        $   5,907        20.0 %  $   6,417        17.6 %  $       (510 )   (7.9 )%
Facilities, insurance
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