Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Segment Reporting (Details Narrative)

Segment Reporting (Details Narrative)	3 Months Ended
Segment Reporting (Details Narrative)	Dec. 31, 2017 ft² employee
Number of employees	94
Optex Systems (OPX) - Richardson, Texas [Member]
Number of employees	57
Leased facilities \| ft²	49,100
Optex Systems (OPX) - Richardson, Texas [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Subcontracted Military Customers [Member]
Percentage of revenue	98.00%
Optex Systems (OPX) - Richardson, Texas [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Domestic Military Customers [Member]
Percentage of revenue	69.00%
Optex Systems (OPX) - Richardson, Texas [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Foreign Military Customers [Member]
Percentage of revenue	29.00%
Optex Systems (OPX) - Richardson, Texas [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Commercial Customers [Member]
Percentage of revenue	2.00%
Optex Systems (OPX) - Richardson, Texas [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| U.S. government [Member]
Percentage of revenue	42.00%
Optex Systems (OPX) - Richardson, Texas [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| General Dynamics [Member]
Percentage of revenue	47.00%
Optex Systems (OPX) - Richardson, Texas [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Other external customers [Member]
Percentage of revenue	11.00%
Applied Optics Center (AOC) - Dallas [Member]
Number of employees	37
Leased facilities \| ft²	44,867
Applied Optics Center (AOC) - Dallas [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Commercial Customers [Member]
Percentage of revenue	74.00%
Applied Optics Center (AOC) - Dallas [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| U.S. government [Member]
Percentage of revenue	22.00%
Applied Optics Center (AOC) - Dallas [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Other external customers [Member]
Percentage of revenue	8.00%
Applied Optics Center (AOC) - Dallas [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Revenues from external customers [Member]
Percentage of revenue	85.00%
Applied Optics Center (AOC) - Dallas [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Nightforce Optics, Inc [Member]
Percentage of revenue	70.00%
Applied Optics Center (AOC) - Dallas [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Subcontracted Customers [Member]
Percentage of revenue	26.00%
Applied Optics Center (AOC) - Dallas [Member] \| Intersegment Sales Revenue [Member] \| Military Contracts [Member]
Percentage of revenue	15.00%