Form 10-Q - Quarterly report [Sections 13 or 15(d)]

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

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Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 For the quarterly period ended June 24, 2023

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Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 For the transition period from __________ to __________

Commission File Number: 001-34816

TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Massachusetts		04-2295040
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

100 Domino Drive, Concord, MA		01742-2892
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (978) 287-5100

N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
None

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ☐	Accelerated filer ☐	Emerging growth company ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☒	Smaller reporting company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock as of the latest practicable date. 1,854,403 shares of Common Stock, $0.10 par value, outstanding as of August 8, 2023.

	INDEX
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PART I	Financial Information
Item 1.	Financial Statements:
	Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 24, 2023 (unaudited) and September 24, 2022	1
	Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three Months ended June 24, 2023 and June 25, 2022 (unaudited)	2
	Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Nine Months ended June 24, 2023 and June 25, 2022 (unaudited)	3
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three and Nine Months ended June 24, 2023 and June 25, 2022 (unaudited)	4
	Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) for the Three Months ended June 24, 2023 and June 25, 2022 (unaudited)	5
	Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements	6
Item 2.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	14
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	21
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	21
PART II	Other Information
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	23
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	23
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	23
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	23
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	23
Item 5.	Other Information	23
Item 6.	Exhibits	23
	Signatures	24

TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY

Consolidated Balance Sheets

	June 24, 2023			September 24, 2022
Assets	(Unaudited)
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	45,247		$	6,727
Accounts receivable - trade		13,829			15,174
Government grant receivable - Employee retention credit		-			515,966
Inventories, net		1,240,889			966,185
Other current assets		233,138			186,963
Total current assets		1,533,103			1,691,015

Equipment and leasehold improvements		4,556,143			4,556,144
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization		(4,548,583	)		(4,544,778	)
Equipment and leasehold improvements, net		7,560			11,366

Operating lease right-of-use asset		125,975			248,462

Total Assets	$	1,666,638		$	1,950,843

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)
Current Liabilities:
Current maturities of notes payable – long-term	$	3,023		$	1,996
Current maturities of related party notes payable		943,302			3,000,000
Current operating lease liabilities		125,975			164,086
Accounts payable		597,684			159,388
Customer deposits		154,233			3,933
Accrued liabilities:
Accrued compensation and related expenses		166,650			204,412
Accrued interest		310,051			118,208
Other current liabilities		7,987			1,419
Total current liabilities		2,308,905			3,653,442
Long-term operating lease liability		-			84,376
Related party note payable – long-term, net of current maturities		3,056,698			-
Note payable – long-term, net of current maturities		146,977			148,004

Total Liabilities		5,512,580			3,885,822


Stockholders’ Deficit:
Common stock, par value $0.10 per share; 7,000,000 shares authorized; 1,854,403 shares issued and outstanding at June 24, 2023 and September 24, 2022
		185,440			185,440
Additional paid-in capital		4,397,343			4,364,687
Accumulated deficit		(8,428,725	)		(6,485,106	)
Total stockholders’ deficit		(3,845,942	)		(1,934,979	)

Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficit	$	1,666,638		$	1,950,843

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY

Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended
	June 24, 2023			June 25, 2022

Net revenue	$	34,972		$	146,089
Cost of revenue		63,658			182,511
Gross loss		(28,686	)		(36,422	)

Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative		268,760			450,723
Product development		106,135			318,643
Total operating expenses		374,895			769,366

Operating loss		(403,581	)		(805,788	)
Other income (expense):
Interest income		3,010			-
Interest expense		(65,421	)		(36,563	)
Total other income (expense)		(62,411	)		(36,563	)

Net loss	$	(465,992	)	$	(842,351	)

Net loss per common share:
Basic	$	(0.25	)	$	(0.45	)
Diluted	$	(0.25	)	$	(0.45	)

Weighted average shares:
Basic		1,854,403			1,854,403
Diluted		1,854,403			1,854,403

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY

Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)

	Nine Months Ended
	June 24, 2023			June 25, 2022

Net revenue	$	184,293		$	1,134,682
Cost of revenue		325,039			1,029,763
Gross (loss) profit		(140,746	)		104,919

Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative		1,074,416			1,497,732
Product development		545,923			503,531
Total operating expenses		1,620,339			2,001,263

Operating loss		(1,761,085	)		(1,896,344	)
Other income (expense):
Interest income		14,226			-
Interest expense		(196,760	)		(81,651	)
Total other income (expense)		(182,534	)		(81,651	)

Net loss	$	(1,943,619	)	$	(1,977,995	)

Net loss per common share:
Basic	$	(1.05	)	$	(1.07	)
Diluted	$	(1.05	)	$	(1.07	)

Weighted average shares:
Basic		1,854,403			1,854,403
Diluted		1,854,403			1,854,403

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

	Nine Months Ended
	June 24, 2023			June 25, 2022
Operating Activities:
Net loss	$	(1,943,619	)	$	(1,977,995	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		3,806			3,552
Stock-based compensation		32,656			38,087

Changes in certain operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable		1,345			258,575
Government grant receivable		515,966			-
Inventories		(274,704	)		63,907
Other current assets		(46,175	)		(24,791	)
Customer deposits		150,300			(12,124	)
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities		598,945			39,623

Net cash used in operating activities		(961,480	)		(1,611,166	)

Financing Activities:
Proceeds from related party notes payable		1,000,000			1,350,000

Net cash provided by financing activities		1,000,000			1,350,000

Net change in cash and cash equivalents		38,520			(261,166	)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period		6,727			298,022

Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period	$	45,247		$	36,856

Supplemental Disclosures:
Income taxes paid	$	-		$	912
Interest paid	$	4,917		$	30,433

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity (Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	June 24, 2023			June 25, 2022			June 24, 2023			June 25, 2022

Shares of common stock:
Beginning balance		1,854,403			1,854,403			1,854,403			1,854,403
Ending balance		1,854,403			1,854,403			1,854,403			1,854,403

Common stock at par value:
Beginning balance	$	185,440		$	185,440		$	185,440		$	185,440
Ending balance	$	185,440		$	185,440		$	185,440		$	185,440

Additional paid-in capital:
Beginning balance	$	4,390,100		$	4,337,770		$	4,364,687		$	4,312,969
Stock-based compensation	$	7,243		$	13,286		$	32,656		$	38,087
Ending balance	$	4,397,343		$	4,351,056		$	4,397,343		$	4,351,056

Accumulated deficit:
Beginning balance	$	(7,962,733	)	$	(5,289,611	)	$	(6,485,106	)	$	(4,153,967	)
Net loss	$	(465,992	)	$	(842,351	)	$	(1,943,619	)	$	(1,977,995	)
Ending balance	$	(8,428,725	)	$	(6,131,962	)	$	(8,428,725	)	$	(6,131,962	)

Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)	$	(3,845,942	)	$	(1,595,466	)	$	(3,845,942	)	$	(1,595,466	)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1. Description of the Business and Basis of Presentation

Company Operations

Technical Communications Corporation (“TCC”) was incorporated in Massachusetts in 1961; its wholly-owned subsidiary, TCC Investment Corp., was organized in that jurisdiction in 1982. Technical Communications Corporation and TCC Investment Corp. are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the “Company”. The Company’s business consists of only one industry segment, which is the design, development, manufacture, distribution, marketing and sale of communications security devices, systems and services. The secure communications solutions provided by TCC protect vital information transmitted over a wide range of data, video, fax and voice networks. TCC’s products have been sold into over 115 countries and are in service with governments, military agencies, telecommunications carriers, financial institutions and multinational corporations.

Interim Financial Statements

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of Technical Communications Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary include all adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position and results of operations for the periods presented and in order to make the financial statements not misleading. All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023.

The September 24, 2022 consolidated balance sheet contained herein was derived from the Company’s audited consolidated balance sheet at September 24, 2022 as contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year then ended as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted as allowed by SEC rules and regulations. The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto for the fiscal year ended September 24, 2022 included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC (the “2022 Annual Report”).

The Company follows accounting standards set by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, commonly referred to as the FASB. The FASB sets generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) that the Company follows to ensure it consistently reports its financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows. References to GAAP issued by the FASB in these footnotes are to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification- sometimes referred to as the Codification or ASC.

Liquidity and Ability to Continue as a Going Concern

For the nine months ended June 24, 2023, the Company generated a net loss of approximately $1,943,619 and for the fiscal years ended September 24, 2022 and September 25, 2021, the Company generated net losses of approximately $2,331,000 and $1,088,000, respectively. The Company has experienced declining revenues during the first nine months ended June 24, 2023 and has an accumulated deficit of approximately $8,428,725 at June 24, 2023. These factors continue to raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Such consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

In December 2022 the Company implemented a partial furlough plan for the majority of salaried employees. The plan reduces the workweek to 24 hours and salaries have been reduced commensurately. In January of 2023 the Company reduced the workweek further to 16 hours. With this furlough plan in place we anticipate our current liquidity will be sufficient to fund our activities through September 2023. In order to have sufficient cash to fund our operations beyond that point, we will need to secure new customer contracts, raise additional equity or debt capital, and reduce expenses, including payroll and payroll-related expenses through another employee furlough and/or separations.

In February 2023, the Company entered into a Fourth Amended and Restated Promissory Note with Carl H. Guild, Jr., the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (the “Amended Notes Payable”). The amendment fixed the rate of interest at 6.5% per annum, removed the demand aspect of the note and added Michelle S. Guild as a holder of the Amended Notes Payable. Under the terms of the Amended Notes Payable, the Company shall repay the principal balance of $4,000,000 in sixty consecutive monthly payments of principal and interest commencing on March 23, 2023 and ending February 23, 2028 (the “Maturity Date”). The Company has not made a principal payment on the Amended Notes Payable as of June 24, 2023.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Cont’d)

In order to have sufficient capital resources to fund operations, the Company has been working diligently to secure several large orders with new and existing customers. The receipt of these orders has been significantly delayed and will continue to be difficult to predict due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our customers as a result of their operations being reduced or shut down. TCC has been able to maintain its operations during this sustained period of disruption, but a continuation of the disruption in either our customers’ operations or those of the Company will continue to have a material adverse impact on sales activity and revenue.

The Company is working diligently to secure additional capital through equity or debt arrangements in addition to the recent funding received from the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program and Mr. Guild (see Note 7). The Company is actively working with equity investors as well as debt investors, such as the SBA and Mr. Guild to secure additional funding, although we cannot provide assurances we will be able to secure such new funding. Moreover, the Company’s common stock was delisted from the Nasdaq Capital Market effective January 25, 2021; while the common stock is quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, the change in listing may have a negative impact on the liquidity of the stock and the Company’s ability to raise capital through offerings of its equity securities.

Should the Company be unsuccessful in these efforts, it would be forced to implement headcount reductions, additional employee furloughs and/or reduced hours for certain employees, or cease operations completely.

Reporting Period

The Company’s by-laws call for its fiscal year to end on the Saturday closest to the last day of September, unless otherwise decided by its Board of Directors.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of TCC and its wholly-owned subsidiary. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations are based on the unaudited consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these unaudited consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported revenues and expenses during the reporting periods.

On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates and judgments, including but not limited to those related to revenue recognition, inventory reserves, receivable reserves, marketable securities, impairment of long-lived assets, income taxes, fair value of financial instruments and stock-based compensation. Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other factors that are believed 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. By their nature, estimates are subject to an inherent degree of uncertainty. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

NOTE 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates

The Company’s significant accounting policies are described in “Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in its 2022 Annual Report and are supplemented by the notes included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The financial statements and related notes included in this Quarterly Report should be read in conjunction with the Company’s 2022 Annual Report.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Cont’d)

NOTE 3. Stock-Based Compensation

The following table summarizes stock-based compensation costs included in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations for the first three and nine months of fiscal 2023 and 2022:

	June 24, 2023				June 25, 2022
	3 months		9 months		3 months		9 months
Selling, general and administrative expenses	$	7,243	$	29,686	$	11,241	$	31,915
Product development expenses		-		2,970		2,045		6,172
Total share-based compensation expense before taxes	$	7,243	$	32,656	$	13,286	$	38,087

As of June 24, 2023, there was approximately $48,000 of unrecognized compensation expense related to options outstanding. The unrecognized compensation expense will be recognized over the remaining requisite service period. As of June 24, 2023, the weighted average period over which the compensation expense is expected to be recognized is 3 years.

On May 6, 2021 the Company adopted the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan authorizes the issuance of up to 300,000 shares. The Plan has not been approved by shareholders and allows for non-qualified stock option grants, stock appreciation rights (SARS), restricted stock and stock units and other stock and stock based awards. There were 28,000 shares outstanding under this plan as of June 24, 2023. Vesting periods are at the discretion of the Board of Directors and typically range between zero and five years. Options under the 2021 plan are granted with an exercise price equal to fair value at time of grant and have a term of ten years from the date of grant.

The Technical Communications Corporation 2005 Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan and 2010 Equity Incentive Plan are expired as of December 25, 2021 and options are no longer available for grant thereunder, although vested, unexercised options under such plans remain outstanding. There are an aggregate of 121,900 shares outstanding under both plans at June 24, 2023. Vesting periods are at the discretion of the Board of Directors and typically range between zero and five years. Options under these plans are granted with an exercise price equal to fair value at time of grant and have a term of ten years from the date of grant.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Cont’d)

The following table summarizes stock option activity:

	Options Outstanding
	Number of Shares
	Unvested			Vested			Total			Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Contractual Life (in years)
Outstanding, September 24, 2022		56,700			108,200			164,900		$	3.45		6.0
Grants		-			-			-
Vested		-			-			-
Cancellations/forfeitures		-			-			-
Outstanding, December 24, 2022		56,700			108,200			164,900		$	3.45		5.7
Grants		-			-			-
Vested		(2,100	)		2,100			-
Cancellations/forfeitures		(8,000	)		(7,000	)		(15,000	)
Outstanding, March 25, 2023		46,600			103,300			149,900		$	3.48		5.7
Grants		-			-			-
Vested		(16,500	)		16,500			-
Cancellations/forfeitures		-			-			-
Outstanding, June 24, 2023		30,100			119,800			149,900		$	3.48		5.5

Information related to the stock options vested and expected to vest as of June 24, 2023 is as follows:

Range of Exercise Prices	Number of Shares		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years)		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Exercisable Number of Shares		Exercisable Weighted Average Exercise Price
$1.01 - $2.00		40,000		8.1	$	1.79		17,600	$	1.83
$2.01 - $3.00		34,300		4.7	$	2.61		28,700	$	2.63
$3.01 - $4.00		43,500		5.8	$	3.60		41,400	$	3.60
$4.01 - $5.00		9,600		2.0	$	4.09		9,600	$	4.09
$5.01 - $6.00		22,500		2.5	$	7.36		22,500	$	7.36
		149,900		5.4	$	3.48		119,800	$	3.81

There were no “in-the-money” outstanding and exercisable options as of June 24, 2023 and June 25, 2022 and therefore no aggregate intrinsic value. Nonvested stock options are subject to the risk of forfeiture until the fulfillment of specified conditions.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Cont’d)

NOTE 4. Revenue

The following table presents the Company’s revenues disaggregated by revenue type:

	June 24, 2023				June 25, 2022
	3 months		9 months		3 months		9 months

Engineering services	$	13,830	$	30,204	$	123,526	$	980,659
Equipment sales	$	21,142		154,089		22,563		154,023
Total	$	34,972	$	184,293	$	146,089	$	1,134,682

Engineering services revenue consists of funded research and development and technology development for commercial companies and government agencies primarily under fixed-price contracts. The Company also derives revenue from developing and designing custom cryptographic solutions for customers’ unique secure voice, data and video communications requirements and integrating such solutions into existing systems. These contracts can vary but typically call for fixed monthly payments or payments due upon meeting certain milestones. Customers are billed monthly or upon achieving the milestone

Equipment sales revenue consists of sales of communications security equipment for voice, data, facsimile and video networks for military, government and corporate/industrial applications. Equipment sales are billed to the customer upon shipment with typical payment terms requiring a down payment at the time of order with the balance due prior to shipment. For government and certain long term customers, we may grant net payment terms.

NOTE 5. Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following:

	June 24, 2023		September 24, 2022
Work in process	$	854,080	$	489,854
Raw materials		386,809		476,331
Total inventory, net	$	1,240,889	$	966,185

NOTE 6. Leases

The Company maintains a real estate lease with a third party for all manufacturing, research and development, and corporate operations which will expire on March 30, 2024. The Company classifies this lease as an operating lease with the costs recognized as a selling, general and administrative expense in its consolidated statements of operations. The lease expense for each of the nine month periods ended June 24, 2023 and June 25, 2022 was $127,952.

The table below presents the maturity of the Company’s operating lease liability by calendar year as of June 24, 2023:

2023	$	85,301
2024		42,651
Total lease payments		127,952
Less: Imputed interest		(1,977	)
Total lease liability	$	125,975

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Cont’d)

NOTE 7. Debt

SBA Loan

On August 10, 2020, the Company was granted a loan (the “SBA Loan”) from the SBA in the principal amount of $150,000 pursuant to the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program. The SBA Loan, which is evidenced by a Promissory Note dated August 10, 2020, is payable in monthly installments of $731, including principal and interest, over 30 years at an interest rate of 3.75% per year. The SBA Loan may be prepaid by the Company at any time prior to maturity with no prepayment penalties. The proceeds from this loan must be used solely as working capital to alleviate economic injury caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Although originally repayable commencing one year after grant, on March 12, 2021 the SBA announced that payments on the SBA Loan would be deferred an additional year.

As part of the SBA Loan, the Company granted the SBA a continuing security interest in and to any and all “Collateral” to secure payment and performance of all debts, liabilities and obligations of the Company to the SBA under the SBA Loan. The Collateral includes all tangible and intangible personal property that the Company owns or acquires or creates immediately upon the acquisition or creation thereof, including, but not limited to: (a) inventory, (b) equipment, (c) instruments, including promissory notes, (d) chattel paper, including tangible chattel paper and electronic chattel paper, (e) documents, (f) letter of credit rights, (g) accounts, including health-care insurance receivables and credit card receivables, (h) deposit accounts, (i) commercial tort claims,

(j) general intangibles, including payment intangibles and software, and (k) as-extracted collateral, in each case as such terms may from time to time be defined in the Uniform Commercial Code.

The aggregate amounts of principal maturities of the SBA Loan for the following fiscal years are:

2023	$	3,023
2024		3,138
2025		3,257
2026		3,382
2027		3,511
Thereafter		133,689
	$	150,000

Related Party Note Payable

On August 4, 2022, the Company issued a Third Amended and Restated Demand Promissory Note in the principal amount of up to $4,000,000 in favor of Carl H. Guild, Jr. Mr. Guild, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board, loaned the money to the Company to provide working capital. The $4,000,000 consists of $1,000,000 previously loaned to the Company at an interest rate of 6% and $2,000,000 previously loaned to the Company at an interest rate of 7.5% and an additional $1,000,000 at an interest rate of 7.5%.

In February 2023, the Company entered into a Fourth Amended and Restated Promissory Note with Mr. Guild (the “Amended Notes Payable”). The amendment fixed the rate of interest at 6.5% per annum, removed the demand aspect of the note and added Michelle S. Guild as a holder of the Amended Notes Payable. Under the terms of the Amended Notes Payable, the Company shall repay the principal balance of $4,000,000 in sixty consecutive monthly payments of principal and interest commencing on March 23, 2023 and ending February 23, 2028 (the “Maturity Date”). In an Event of Default or Change in Control, as defined, the Amended Notes Payable may, at the option of the holder, become immediately due and payable.

As of June 24, 2023, the Company had not made a principal payment and the outstanding balance was $4,000,000, plus accrued interest of $298,125.

Interest expense incurred under the related party note payable for the three and nine months ended June 24, 2023 was $64,110 and $191,635, respectively. Interest expense incurred under the related party note payable for the three and nine months ended June 25, 2022 was $35,024 and $76,808 respectively.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Cont’d)

The aggregate amounts of principal maturities of the related party note payable for the following fiscal years are:

2023	$	402,682
2024		726,747
2025		775,419
2026		827,350
2027		882,759
Thereafter		385,043
	$	4,000,000

NOTE 8. Income Taxes

The Company has not recorded an income tax benefit on its net loss for the nine month periods ended June 24, 2023 and June 25, 2022 due to its uncertain realizability. During previous fiscal years, the Company recorded a valuation allowance for the full amount of its net deferred tax assets since it could not predict the realization of these assets.

Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) the Company is entitled to Employee Retention Credits for parts of its fiscal 2020 and 2021 years. The Company is entitled to $515,966 in credits of which all was received during the first nine months of fiscal 2023.

NOTE 9. Loss Per Share

Outstanding potentially dilutive stock options, which were not included in the net loss per share amounts as their effect would have been anti-dilutive, were as follows: 149,900 shares at June 24, 2023 and 164,900 shares at June 25, 2022.

NOTE 10.Major Customers and Export Sales

During the three months ended June 24, 2023, two customers represented 100% of net revenue (40% and 60% respectively). During the nine month period ended June 24, 2023, four customers represented 90% of net revenue (11%, 14%, 16% and 48% respectively).

During the three months ended June 25, 2022, two customers represented 100% of net revenue (85% and 15% respectively). During the nine month period ended June 25, 2022, one customer represented 86% of net revenue.

A breakdown of foreign and domestic net revenue is as follows:

	June 24, 2023				June 25, 2022
	3 months		9 months		3 months		9 months
Domestic	$	13,830	$	130,590	$	123,526	$	980,659
Foreign		21,142		53,703		22,563		154,023
Total net revenue	$	34,972	$	184,293	$	146,089	$	1,134,682

The Company sold products into one foreign country during the three-month period ended June 24, 2023 and two foreign countries during the nine month-period ended June 24, 2023. The Company sold products into one foreign country during the three-month period ended June 25, 2022 and two foreign countries during the nine month period ended June 25, 2022.

A sale is attributed to a foreign country based on the location of the contracting party. Domestic revenue may include the sale of products shipped through domestic resellers or manufacturers to international destinations. The table below summarizes foreign revenues by country as a percentage of total foreign revenue.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Cont’d)

	June 2023						June 2022
	3 months			9 months			3 months			9 months
Philippines		-	%		11	%		100	%		48	%
Saudi Arabia		100	%		89	%		-			52	%

A summary of foreign revenue, as a percentage of total foreign revenue by geographic area, is as follows:

	June 2023						June 2022
	3 months			9 months			3 months			9 months
Far East		-	%		11	%		100	%		48	%
Mid-East		100	%		89	%		-			52	%

Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained herein or as may otherwise be incorporated by reference herein that are not purely historical constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include but are not limited to statements regarding anticipated operating results, future earnings, and the Company’s ability to achieve growth and profitability. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including but not limited to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic (including its duration and severity) and governmental actions in response thereto; the effect of foreign political unrest; domestic and foreign government policies and economic conditions; future changes in export laws or regulations; changes in technology; the ability to hire, retain and motivate technical, management and sales personnel; the risks associated with the technical feasibility and market acceptance of new products; changes in telecommunications protocols; the effects of changing costs, exchange rates and interest rates; and the Company's ability to secure adequate capital resources. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. For a more detailed discussion of the risks facing the Company, see the Company’s filings with the SEC, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 24, 2022.

Overview

The Company designs, manufactures, markets and sells communications security equipment that utilizes various methods of encryption to protect the information being transmitted. Encryption is a technique for rendering information unintelligible, which information can then be reconstituted if the recipient possesses the right decryption “key”. The Company manufactures several standard secure communications products and also provides custom-designed, special-purpose secure communications products for both domestic and international customers. The Company’s products consist primarily of voice, data and facsimile encryptors. Revenue is generated principally from the sale of these products, which have traditionally been to foreign governments either through direct sale, pursuant to a U.S. government contract, or made as a sub-contractor to domestic corporations under contract with the U.S. government. We also sell these products to commercial entities and U.S. government agencies. We generate additional revenues from contract engineering services performed for certain government agencies, both domestic and foreign, and commercial entities.

Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates

There have been no material changes in the Company’s critical accounting policies or critical accounting estimates since September 24, 2022 and we have not adopted any accounting policies that have had or are expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. For further discussion of our accounting policies see Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates in the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 24, 2022 as filed with the SEC.

Results of Operations

Three Months ended June 24, 2023 compared to Three Months ended June 25, 2022

Revenue

Net revenue for the quarters ended June 24, 2023 and June 25, 2022 was $35,000 and $146,000, respectively, a decrease of $111,000 or 76%. Revenue for the third fiscal quarter of 2023 consisted of $14,000, or 40%, from domestic sources and $21,000, or 60%, from international customers as compared to the same period in fiscal 2022, in which revenue consisted of $124,000, or 85% from domestic sources and $22,000, or 15%, from international customers. International revenues continued to be impacted by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Foreign sales consisted of a shipment to one country during the quarters ended and June 24, 2023 and June 25, 2022. A sale is attributed to a foreign country based on the location of the contracting party. Domestic revenue may include the sale of products shipped through domestic resellers or manufacturers to international destinations. The table below summarizes our principal foreign sales by country during the third quarters of fiscal 2023 and 2022:

	2023		2022
Philippines	$	-	$	23,000
Saudi Arabia		21,000		-

For the three months ended June 24, 2023, revenue was derived from sales of our engineering services amounting to $14,000 and a shipment of our narrowband radio encryptors and secure mobile phones for $21,000.

For the three months ended June 26, 2022, revenue was derived from sales of our engineering services amounting to $124,000 and a shipment of our narrowband radio encryptors amounting to $22,000.

Gross Loss

Gross loss for the third quarter of fiscal 2023 was $29,000, compared to gross loss of $36,000 for the same period of fiscal 2022, a decrease of 19%. Gross loss expressed as a percentage of total net revenue was 82% for the third quarter of fiscal 2023 compared to 25% for the same period in fiscal 2022. The Company experienced a gross loss during 2023 and 2022 as a result of declining sales.

Operating Costs and Expenses

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the third quarter of fiscal 2023 were $269,000, compared to $451,000 for the same quarter in fiscal 2022. This decrease of $182,000, or 40%, was attributable to decreases in general and administrative expenses of $110,000 and decreases in selling and marketing expenses of $72,000 during the three months ended June 24, 2023.

The decrease in general and administrative expenses for the three months ended June 24, 2023 was primarily attributable to a decrease in payroll and payroll related expenses of $126,000 as a result of the temporary furlough put in place in December 2022 and declines in legal fees of $15,000. These decreases were partially offset by increases in audit fees of $25,000.

The decrease in selling and marketing expenses for the three months ended June 24, 2023 was primarily attributable to decreases in payroll and payroll related expenses of $72,000 as a result of the temporary furlough put in place in December 2022.

Product Development Costs

Product development costs charged to billable projects are recorded as cost of revenue; engineering costs charged to bid and proposal efforts are recorded as selling expenses; and product development costs charged to business development activities are recorded as marketing expenses. Declining revenue in fiscal 2023 has resulted in less product development costs being allocated to cost of revenue.

Product development costs charged to operating expense for the quarter ended June 24, 2023 were $106,000, compared to $319,000 for the quarter ended June 25, 2022. This decrease of $213,000, or 67%, was primarily attributable to a decrease in payroll and payroll related expenses of $218,000. and partially offset by increases in consulting expenses of $47,000.

Net Loss

The Company generated a net loss of $466,000 for the third quarter of fiscal 2023, compared to a net loss of $842,000 for the same period of fiscal 2022. This decrease in net loss is primarily attributable to a 51% decrease in operating expenses.

Nine Months ended June 24, 2023 compared to Nine Months ended June 25, 2022

Revenue

Net revenue for the nine months ended June 24, 2023 and June 25, 2022 was $184,000 and $1,135,000, respectively, a decrease of $951,000 or 84%. Revenue for the first nine months of 2023 consisted of $130,000, or 71%, from domestic sources and $54,000, or 29%, from international customers as compared to the same period in fiscal 2022, in which revenue consisted of $981,000, or 86% from domestic sources and $154,000, or 14%, from international customers. International revenues continued to be impacted by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Foreign sales consisted of a shipment to two countries during the nine months ended June 24, 2023 and June 25, 2022. A sale is attributed to a foreign country based on the location of the contracting party. Domestic revenue may include the sale of products shipped through domestic resellers or manufacturers to international destinations. The table below summarizes our principal foreign sales by country during the third quarters of fiscal 2023 and 2022:

	2023		2022
Philippines	$	6,000	$	74,000
Saudi Arabia		48,000		80,000
	$	54,000	$	154,000

For the nine months ended June 24, 2023, revenue was derived from sales of our engineering services amounting to $30,000 a shipments of our internet protocol data encryptors, secure mobile phones and narrowband radio encryptors amounted to $154,000.

For the nine months ended June 25, 2022, revenue was derived from sales of our engineering services amounting to $981,000 a shipment of our internet protocol data encryptors amounting to $80,000 and a shipment of our narrowband radio encryptors amounting to $74,000.

Gross (Loss) Profit

Gross loss for the first nine months of fiscal 2023 was $141,000, compared to gross profit of $105,000 for the same period of fiscal 2022, a decrease of 234%. Gross (loss) profit expressed as a percentage of total net revenue was (76%) for the first nine months of fiscal 2023 compared to 9% for the same period in fiscal 2022. The Company experienced a gross loss during 2023 as a result of declining sales.

Operating Costs and Expenses

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the first nine months of fiscal 2023 were $1,074,000, compared to $1,498,000 for the first nine months of fiscal 2022. This decrease of $424,000, or 28%, was attributable to decreases in general and administrative expenses of $239,000 and decreases in selling and marketing expenses of $185,000 during the nine months ended June 24, 2023.

The decrease in general and administrative expenses for the nine months ended June 24, 2023 was primarily attributable to decreases in payroll and payroll related expenses of $264,000 as a result of the temporary furlough put in place in December 2022. This was partially offset by increases in professional service fees of $25,000.

The decrease in selling and marketing expenses for the nine months ended June 24, 2023 was primarily attributable to decreases in payroll and payroll related expenses of $81,000 as a result of the temporary furlough put in place in December 2022. Also contributing to the decrease were decreases in proposal efforts and demonstration costs of $64,000, consulting expenses of $14,000 and travel costs of $17,000.

Product Development Costs

Product development costs for the nine months ended June 24, 2023 were $546,000, compared to $504,000 for the nine months ended June 25, 2022. This increase of $42,000, or 8%, was attributable to a decrease in billable engineering services contracts during the first nine months of fiscal 2023. During the first nine months of 2022 product development costs of $696,000 were allocated to cost of revenue. During the first nine months of 2023 product development costs of $94,000 were allocated to cost of revenue. The impact of a decline in costs allocated to cost of sales was offset by decreased payroll and payroll related costs of $400,000 as a result of the temporary furlough put in place in December 2022. Other notable cost declines included a $131,000 decline in consulting costs.

Net Loss

The Company generated a net loss of $1,944,000 for the first nine months of fiscal 2023, compared to a net loss of $1,978,000 for the same period of fiscal 2022. This decrease in net loss is primarily attributable to a decrease in operating costs during 2023.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Sources and Uses of Cash

The following table presents our abbreviated cash flows for the nine month periods ended (unaudited):

	June 24, 2023			June 25, 2022
Net Loss	$	(1,944,000	)	$	(1,978,000	)
Changes not affecting cash		36,000			42,000
Changes in assets and liabilities		946,000			325,000
Cash used in operating activities		(962,000	)		(1,611,000	)
Cash provided by financing activities		1,000,000			1,350,000
Net change in cash and cash equivalents		38,000			(261,000	)
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period		7,000			298,000
Cash and cash equivalents - end of period	$	45,000		$	37,000

Liquidity and Ability to Continue as a Going Concern

Our cash and cash equivalents at June 24, 2023 totaled $45,000. For the nine months ended June 24, 2023, the Company generated a net loss of $1,944,000 and for the fiscal years ended September 24, 2022 and September 25, 2021, the Company generated net losses of approximately $2,331,000 and $1,088,000, respectively. The Company has experienced declining revenues during the nine months ended June 24, 2023 and has an accumulated deficit of $8,429,000 at June 24, 2023. These factors continue to raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Such consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

In December 2022 the Company implemented a partial furlough plan for the majority of salaried employees. The plan reduces the workweek to 24 hours and salaries have been reduced commensurately. In January of 2023 the Company reduced the workweek further to 16 hours. With this furlough plan in place we anticipate liquidity will be sufficient to fund our activities through September 2023. In order to have sufficient cash to fund our operations beyond that point, we will need to secure new customer contracts, raise additional equity or debt capital, and reduce expenses, including payroll and payroll-related expenses through another employee furlough and/or separations.

In February 2023, the Company entered into a Fourth Amended and Restated Promissory Note with Carl H. Guild, Jr., the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (the “Amended Notes Payable”). The amendment fixed the rate of interest at 6.5% per annum, removed the demand aspect of the note and added Michelle S. Guild as a holder of the Amended Notes Payable. Under the terms of the Amended Notes Payable, the Company shall repay the principal balance of $4,000,000 in sixty consecutive monthly payments of principal and interest commencing on March 23, 2023 and ending February 23, 2028. As of June 24, 2023, the Company has not made a principal payment on the Amended Notes Payable.

Company Facilities

On April 1, 2014, the Company entered into a lease for its current facilities. This lease is for 22,800 square feet located at 100 Domino Drive, Concord, MA. The Company has been a tenant in this space since 1983. This is the Company’s only facility and houses all manufacturing, research and development, and corporate operations. The initial term of the lease was for five years through March 31, 2019 at an annual rate of $171,000. In addition, the lease contains options to extend the lease for two and one- half years through September 30, 2021 and another two and one-half years through March 31, 2024 at an annual rate of $171,000. In September 2018, the Company exercised its option to extend the term of the lease through September 2021. In March 2021, the Company exercised the second option and the new term will run until March 30, 2024. The lease expense for each of the nine month periods ended June 24, 2023 and June 25, 2022 was $128,000.

Debt Instruments

The Company was granted a loan by the SBA in August 2020. This loan is evidenced by a promissory note dated August 10, 2020 in the principal amount of $150,000 and was made under the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program of the SBA. This note is payable monthly over 30 years at an annual interest rate of 3.75% commencing two years from the date of issuance.

On August 4, 2022, the Company issued an amended and restated demand promissory note in the principal amount of up to $4,000,000 in favor of Carl H. Guild, Jr. Mr. Guild, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board, loaned the money to the Company to provide working capital. The $4,000,000 consists of $1,000,000 previously loaned to the Company at an interest rate of 6% and $2,000,000 previously loaned to the Company at an interest rate of 7.5% and an additional $1,000,000 at an interest rate of 7.5%. The additional funds will be available to the Company to borrow from Mr. Guild on a revolving basis and the loan has no specified term year and may be prepaid at any time without premium or penalty.

The outstanding principal balance at June 24, 2023 was $4,000,000, plus accrued interest of $298,000.

Backlog

Backlog at June 24, 2023 amounted to $1,600,000. The orders in backlog at June 24, 2023 are expected to ship and/or services are expected to be performed over the next six months depending on customer requirements and product availability.

Performance guaranties

Certain foreign customers require the Company to guarantee bid bonds and performance of products sold. These guaranties typically take the form of standby letters of credit. Guaranties are generally required in amounts of 5% to 10% of the purchase price and last in duration from three months to one year. At June 24, 2023 and September 24, 2022, the Company had no outstanding letters of credit.

Research and development

Research and development efforts are undertaken by the Company primarily on its own initiative. In order to compete successfully, the Company must improve existing products and develop new products, as well as attract and retain qualified personnel. No assurances can be given that the Company will be able to hire and train such technical management and sales personnel or successfully improve and develop its products.

During the nine-month periods ended June 24, 2023 and June 25, 2022 the Company spent $546,000 and $504,000, respectively, on internal product development. The Company also spent $94,000 and $696,000 on billable development efforts during the first nine months of fiscal 2023 and 2022, respectively. It is expected that total product development expenses will remain lower until we secure a new billable research and development contract.

It is anticipated that cash from operations will fund our near-term research and development and marketing activities. We also believe that, in the long term, based on current billable activities, cash from operations will be sufficient to meet the development goals of the Company, although we can give no assurances. Any increase in development activities - either billable or new product related - will require additional resources, which we may not be able to fund through cash from operations. In circumstances where resources will be insufficient, the Company will look to other sources of financing, including debt and/or equity investments; however, we can provide no guarantees that we will be successful in securing such additional financing.

Other than those stated above, there are no plans for significant internal product development or material commitments for capital expenditures during the remainder of fiscal 2023.

New Accounting Pronouncements

Recent accounting pronouncements were issued by the FASB (including its Emerging Issues Task Force) and the SEC during the first nine months of the Company’s 2023 fiscal year but such pronouncements are not believed by management to have a material impact on the Company’s present or future financial statements.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

The Company does not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Not applicable.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer has reviewed and evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Based on that review and evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are not effective as of June 24, 2023 due to the material weaknesses described below.

Management’s annual report on internal control over financial reporting. Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act. Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, we conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of June 24, 2023. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013). Based on such an assessment, management concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of June 24, 2023.

Our internal control over financial reporting is a process designed under the supervision of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of our financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluations of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate.

A goal of the assessment was to determine whether any material weaknesses existed with respect to the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. A “material weakness” is defined as a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the registrant’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis by the Company’s internal controls.

Based upon that assessment management identified a deficiency that rose to the level of a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting related to generally accepted accounting principles associated with revenue recognition caused by an error in judgement within the accounting department. The Company identified this material weakness at year end, but remediated those material weaknesses it had identified in prior years, as described below.

As disclosed in the Company’s periodic and annual reports for prior periods through fiscal year end 2019, management had concluded that the Company did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting due to material weaknesses in such internal control related to the misapplication of generally accepted accounting principles associated with revenue recognition, inventory reserves, accruals and the preparation of the consolidated financial statements, as well as the classification and disclosure of financial information, all caused by a lack of adequate skills and experience within the accounting department. In addition, management also previously identified a material weakness due to a lack of sufficient staff to segregate accounting duties.

Nonetheless, management believes that our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have certified that, based on such officer’s knowledge, the financial statements and other financial information included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report. In addition, we initiated a remediation plan for the material weaknesses, described above.

Our management, with oversight from the Audit Committee, actively engaged in remediating the identified material weaknesses. As part of these remediation efforts management undertook education and training for TCC’s accounting staff and management to address certain core competencies that resulted in the lack of operational effectiveness. Management will continue to assess the design of controls to determine if enhancements are needed to increase effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. Management has retained a subject matter expert in the area of income tax accounting and is assessing the need to retain additional subject matter experts to ensure compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and SEC rules and regulations. Both management and the Audit Committee have increased their oversight of non-routine transactions. This includes oversight of large revenue contracts as well as judgement areas, including inventory reserves and accruals. This oversight will contribute to the assessment of the need to retain additional subject matter experts.

The Company has made significant progress in improving its internal control over financial reporting but remediation efforts are ongoing; the Company’s goal is to have all material weaknesses remediated by the end of its 2023 fiscal year.

Changes in internal control over financial reporting. The changes in the aforementioned internal control over financial reporting and the remediation efforts undertaken as of year-end and undertaken in the first nine months of the Company’s fiscal 2023 have not materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. In addition, during the second quarter, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer retired and the Company’s Chief Executive Officer is now the Acting Chief Financial Officer. No other changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting occurred during the 2023 fiscal year.

PART II. Other Information

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

There were no material pending legal proceedings to which the Company or its subsidiary was a party or which any of their property was subject during the period covered by this quarterly report.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Not applicable.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Not applicable.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

Not applicable.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

Not applicable.

Item 6. Exhibits

31.1

Certification of principal executive officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

31.2

Certification of principal financial officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

(Registrant)

August 8, 2023

By:

/s/ Carl H. Guild, Jr.

Date

Carl H. Guild, Jr., President, Chief

Executive Officer and Acting Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Carl H. Guild, Jr., certify that:

(1)	I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Technical Communications Corporation;

(2)	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

(3)	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

(4)

The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

(5)	The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

/s/ Carl H. Guild, Jr.

Carl H. Guild, Jr.

President, Chief Executive Officer

Date: August 8, 2023

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Carl H. Guild, Jr , certify that:

(1)	I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Technical Communications Corporation;

(2)	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

(3)	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

(4)

(5)	The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

/s/ Carl H. Guild, Jr.

Carl H. Guild, Jr.

Chief Financial Officer

Date: August 8, 2023

Exhibit 32

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. § 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, each of the undersigned President and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Technical Communications Corporation (the “Company”) certifies that, to his knowledge:

the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 24, 2023 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

the information contained in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 24, 2023 fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Carl H. Guild, Jr.

Carl H. Guild, Jr.

President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

Date: August 8, 2023

Document And Entity Information - shares	9 Months Ended
Document And Entity Information - shares	Jun. 24, 2023	Aug. 08, 2023
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Document Quarterly Report	true
Document Period End Date	Jun. 24, 2023
Document Transition Report	false
Entity File Number	001-34816
Entity Registrant Name	TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	MA
Entity Tax Identification Number	04-2295040
Entity Address, Address Line One	100 Domino Drive
Entity Address, City or Town	Concord
Entity Address, State or Province	MA
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	01742-2892
City Area Code	978
Local Phone Number	287-5100
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business	true
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding (in shares)		1,854,403
Entity Central Index Key	0000096699
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--09-24
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2023
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Amendment Flag	false

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Current Period Unaudited) - USD ($)	Jun. 24, 2023	Sep. 24, 2022
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 45,247	$ 6,727
Accounts receivable - trade	13,829	15,174
Government grant receivable - Employee retention credit	0	515,966
Inventories, net	1,240,889	966,185
Other current assets	233,138	186,963
Total current assets	1,533,103	1,691,015
Equipment and leasehold improvements	4,556,143	4,556,144
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization	(4,548,583)	(4,544,778)
Equipment and leasehold improvements, net	7,560	11,366
Operating lease right-of-use asset	125,975	248,462
Total Assets	1,666,638	1,950,843
Current Liabilities:
Current operating lease liabilities	125,975	164,086
Accounts payable	597,684	159,388
Customer deposits	154,233	3,933
Accrued compensation and related expenses	166,650	204,412
Accrued interest	310,051	118,208
Other current liabilities	7,987	1,419
Total current liabilities	2,308,905	3,653,442
Long-term operating lease liability	0	84,376
Total Liabilities	5,512,580	3,885,822
Stockholders’ Deficit:
Common stock, par value $0.10 per share; 7,000,000 shares authorized; 1,854,403 shares issued and outstanding at June 24, 2023 and September 24, 2022	185,440	185,440
Additional paid-in capital	4,397,343	4,364,687
Accumulated deficit	8,428,725	6,485,106
Total stockholders’ deficit	(3,845,942)	(1,934,979)
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficit	1,666,638	1,950,843
Nonrelated Party [Member]
Current Liabilities:
Current maturities of notes payable – long-term	3,023	1,996
Related party note payable – long-term, net of current maturities	146,977	148,004
Related Party [Member]
Current Liabilities:
Current maturities of related party notes payable	943,302	3,000,000
Related party note payable – long-term, net of current maturities	$ 3,056,698	$ 0

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Current Period Unaudited) (Parentheticals) - $ / shares	Jun. 24, 2023	Sep. 24, 2022
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.10	$ 0.10
Common Stock, Shares Authorized (in shares)	7,000,000	7,000,000
Common Stock, Shares, Issued (in shares)	1,854,403	1,854,403
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding (in shares)	1,854,403	1,854,403

Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 24, 2023	Jun. 25, 2022	Jun. 24, 2023	Jun. 25, 2022
Net revenue	$ 34,972	$ 146,089	$ 184,293	$ 1,134,682
Cost of revenue	63,658	182,511	325,039	1,029,763
Gross loss	(28,686)	(36,422)	(140,746)	104,919
Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative	268,760	450,723	1,074,416	1,497,732
Product development	106,135	318,643	545,923	503,531
Total operating expenses	374,895	769,366	1,620,339	2,001,263
Operating loss	(403,581)	(805,788)	(1,761,085)	(1,896,344)
Other income (expense):
Interest income	3,010	0	14,226	0
Interest expense	65,421	36,563	196,760	81,651
Total other income (expense)	(62,411)	(36,563)	(182,534)	(81,651)
Net loss	$ (465,992)	$ (842,351)	$ (1,943,619)	$ (1,977,995)
Net loss per common share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ (0.25)	$ (0.45)	$ (1.05)	$ (1.07)
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ (0.25)	$ (0.45)	$ (1.05)	$ (1.07)
Weighted average shares:
Basic (in shares)	1,854,403	1,854,403	1,854,403	1,854,403
Diluted (in shares)	1,854,403	1,854,403	1,854,403	1,854,403
Net revenue	$ 34,972	$ 146,089	$ 184,293	$ 1,134,682
Cost of revenue	63,658	182,511	325,039	1,029,763
Gross loss	$ (28,686)	$ (36,422)	$ (140,746)	$ 104,919

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 24, 2023	Jun. 25, 2022	Jun. 24, 2023	Jun. 25, 2022	Sep. 24, 2022	Sep. 25, 2021
Operating Activities:
Net loss	$ (465,992)	$ (842,351)	$ (1,943,619)	$ (1,977,995)	$ (2,331,000)	$ (1,088,000)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization			3,806	3,552
Stock-based compensation			32,656	38,087
Changes in certain operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable			1,345	258,575
Government grant receivable			515,966	0
Inventories			(274,704)	63,907
Other current assets			(46,175)	(24,791)
Customer deposits			150,300	(12,124)
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities			598,945	39,623
Net cash used in operating activities			961,480	1,611,166
Financing Activities:
Proceeds from related party notes payable			1,000,000	1,350,000
Net cash provided by financing activities			1,000,000	1,350,000
Net change in cash and cash equivalents			38,520	(261,166)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period			6,727	298,022	298,022
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period	$ 45,247	$ 36,856	45,247	36,856	$ 6,727	$ 298,022
Supplemental Disclosures:
Income taxes paid			0	912
Interest paid			$ 4,917	$ 30,433

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity (Unaudited) - USD ($)	Common Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	Total
Beginning balance (in shares) at Sep. 25, 2021	1,854,403
Ending balance (in shares) at Jun. 25, 2022	1,854,403
Beginning balance at Sep. 25, 2021	$ 185,440	$ 4,312,969	$ (4,153,967)
Ending balance at Jun. 25, 2022	$ 185,440	4,351,056	(6,131,962)	$ (1,595,466)
Stock-based compensation		38,087
Net loss			(1,977,995)	(1,977,995)
Beginning balance (in shares) at Sep. 25, 2021	1,854,403
Ending balance (in shares) at Sep. 24, 2022	1,854,403
Beginning balance at Sep. 25, 2021	$ 185,440	4,312,969	(4,153,967)
Ending balance at Sep. 24, 2022	$ 185,440	4,364,687	(6,485,106)	(1,934,979)
Net loss				(2,331,000)
Beginning balance (in shares) at Mar. 26, 2022	1,854,403
Ending balance (in shares) at Jun. 25, 2022	1,854,403
Beginning balance at Mar. 26, 2022	$ 185,440	4,337,770	(5,289,611)
Ending balance at Jun. 25, 2022	$ 185,440	4,351,056	(6,131,962)	(1,595,466)
Stock-based compensation		13,286
Net loss			(842,351)	(842,351)
Beginning balance (in shares) at Sep. 24, 2022	1,854,403
Ending balance (in shares) at Jun. 24, 2023	1,854,403
Beginning balance at Sep. 24, 2022	$ 185,440	4,364,687	(6,485,106)	(1,934,979)
Ending balance at Jun. 24, 2023	$ 185,440	4,397,343	(8,428,725)	(3,845,942)
Stock-based compensation		32,656
Net loss			(1,943,619)	(1,943,619)
Beginning balance (in shares) at Mar. 25, 2023	1,854,403
Ending balance (in shares) at Jun. 24, 2023	1,854,403
Beginning balance at Mar. 25, 2023	$ 185,440	4,390,100	(7,962,733)
Ending balance at Jun. 24, 2023	$ 185,440	4,397,343	(8,428,725)	(3,845,942)
Stock-based compensation		$ 7,243
Net loss			$ (465,992)	$ (465,992)

Note 1 - Description of the Business and Basis of Presentation

9 Months Ended

Jun. 24, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 1. Description of the Business and Basis of Presentation

Company Operations

Interim Financial Statements

Liquidity and Ability to Continue as a Going Concern

Reporting Period

The Company’s by-laws call for its fiscal year to end on the Saturday closest to the last day of September, unless otherwise decided by its Board of Directors.

Basis of Presentation

Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates

9 Months Ended

Jun. 24, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure and Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block]

NOTE 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates

Note 3 - Stock-based Compensation

9 Months Ended

Jun. 24, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Text Block]

NOTE 3. Stock-Based Compensation

The following table summarizes stock-based compensation costs included in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations for the first three and nine months of fiscal 2023 and 2022:

	June 24, 2023				June 25, 2022
	3 months		9 months		3 months		9 months
Selling, general and administrative expenses	$	7,243	$	29,686	$	11,241	$	31,915
Product development expenses		-		2,970		2,045		6,172
Total share-based compensation expense before taxes	$	7,243	$	32,656	$	13,286	$	38,087

The following table summarizes stock option activity:

	Options Outstanding
	Number of Shares
	Unvested			Vested			Total			Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Contractual Life (in years)
Outstanding, September 24, 2022		56,700			108,200			164,900		$	3.45		6.0
Grants		-			-			-
Vested		-			-			-
Cancellations/forfeitures		-			-			-
Outstanding, December 24, 2022		56,700			108,200			164,900		$	3.45		5.7
Grants		-			-			-
Vested		(2,100	)		2,100			-
Cancellations/forfeitures		(8,000	)		(7,000	)		(15,000	)
Outstanding, March 25, 2023		46,600			103,300			149,900		$	3.48		5.7
Grants		-			-			-
Vested		(16,500	)		16,500			-
Cancellations/forfeitures		-			-			-
Outstanding, June 24, 2023		30,100			119,800			149,900		$	3.48		5.5

Information related to the stock options vested and expected to vest as of June 24, 2023 is as follows:

Range of Exercise Prices	Number of Shares		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years)		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Exercisable Number of Shares		Exercisable Weighted Average Exercise Price
$1.01 - $2.00		40,000		8.1	$	1.79		17,600	$	1.83
$2.01 - $3.00		34,300		4.7	$	2.61		28,700	$	2.63
$3.01 - $4.00		43,500		5.8	$	3.60		41,400	$	3.60
$4.01 - $5.00		9,600		2.0	$	4.09		9,600	$	4.09
$5.01 - $6.00		22,500		2.5	$	7.36		22,500	$	7.36
		149,900		5.4	$	3.48		119,800	$	3.81

Note 4 - Revenue

9 Months Ended

Jun. 24, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Text Block]

NOTE 4. Revenue

The following table presents the Company’s revenues disaggregated by revenue type:

	June 24, 2023				June 25, 2022
	3 months		9 months		3 months		9 months

Engineering services	$	13,830	$	30,204	$	123,526	$	980,659
Equipment sales	$	21,142		154,089		22,563		154,023
Total	$	34,972	$	184,293	$	146,089	$	1,134,682

Note 5 - Inventories

9 Months Ended

Jun. 24, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Inventory Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 5. Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following:

	June 24, 2023		September 24, 2022
Work in process	$	854,080	$	489,854
Raw materials		386,809		476,331
Total inventory, net	$	1,240,889	$	966,185

Note 6 - Leases

9 Months Ended

Jun. 24, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Lessee, Operating Leases [Text Block]

NOTE 6. Leases

The table below presents the maturity of the Company’s operating lease liability by calendar year as of June 24, 2023:

2023	$	85,301
2024		42,651
Total lease payments		127,952
Less: Imputed interest		(1,977	)
Total lease liability	$	125,975

Note 7 - Debt

9 Months Ended

Jun. 24, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Debt Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 7. Debt

SBA Loan

(j) general intangibles, including payment intangibles and software, and (k) as-extracted collateral, in each case as such terms may from time to time be defined in the Uniform Commercial Code.

The aggregate amounts of principal maturities of the SBA Loan for the following fiscal years are:

2023	$	3,023
2024		3,138
2025		3,257
2026		3,382
2027		3,511
Thereafter		133,689
	$	150,000

Related Party Note Payable

As of June 24, 2023, the Company had not made a principal payment and the outstanding balance was $4,000,000, plus accrued interest of $298,125.

The aggregate amounts of principal maturities of the related party note payable for the following fiscal years are:

2023	$	402,682
2024		726,747
2025		775,419
2026		827,350
2027		882,759
Thereafter		385,043
	$	4,000,000

Note 8 - Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Jun. 24, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 8. Income Taxes

Note 9 - Loss Per Share

9 Months Ended

Jun. 24, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Earnings Per Share [Text Block]

NOTE 9. Loss Per Share

Note 10 - Major Customers and Export Sales

9 Months Ended

Jun. 24, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Concentration Risk Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 10.Major Customers and Export Sales

A breakdown of foreign and domestic net revenue is as follows:

	June 24, 2023				June 25, 2022
	3 months		9 months		3 months		9 months
Domestic	$	13,830	$	130,590	$	123,526	$	980,659
Foreign		21,142		53,703		22,563		154,023
Total net revenue	$	34,972	$	184,293	$	146,089	$	1,134,682

	June 2023						June 2022
	3 months			9 months			3 months			9 months
Philippines		-	%		11	%		100	%		48	%
Saudi Arabia		100	%		89	%		-			52	%

A summary of foreign revenue, as a percentage of total foreign revenue by geographic area, is as follows:

	June 2023						June 2022
	3 months			9 months			3 months			9 months
Far East		-	%		11	%		100	%		48	%
Mid-East		100	%		89	%		-			52	%

Note 3 - Stock-based Compensation (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 24, 2023

Notes Tables

Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Expensed and Capitalized, Amount [Table Text Block]

	June 24, 2023				June 25, 2022
	3 months		9 months		3 months		9 months
Selling, general and administrative expenses	$	7,243	$	29,686	$	11,241	$	31,915
Product development expenses		-		2,970		2,045		6,172
Total share-based compensation expense before taxes	$	7,243	$	32,656	$	13,286	$	38,087

Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Option, Activity [Table Text Block]

	Options Outstanding
	Number of Shares
	Unvested			Vested			Total			Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Contractual Life (in years)
Outstanding, September 24, 2022		56,700			108,200			164,900		$	3.45		6.0
Grants		-			-			-
Vested		-			-			-
Cancellations/forfeitures		-			-			-
Outstanding, December 24, 2022		56,700			108,200			164,900		$	3.45		5.7
Grants		-			-			-
Vested		(2,100	)		2,100			-
Cancellations/forfeitures		(8,000	)		(7,000	)		(15,000	)
Outstanding, March 25, 2023		46,600			103,300			149,900		$	3.48		5.7
Grants		-			-			-
Vested		(16,500	)		16,500			-
Cancellations/forfeitures		-			-			-
Outstanding, June 24, 2023		30,100			119,800			149,900		$	3.48		5.5

Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Option, Exercise Price Range [Table Text Block]

Range of Exercise Prices	Number of Shares		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years)		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Exercisable Number of Shares		Exercisable Weighted Average Exercise Price
$1.01 - $2.00		40,000		8.1	$	1.79		17,600	$	1.83
$2.01 - $3.00		34,300		4.7	$	2.61		28,700	$	2.63
$3.01 - $4.00		43,500		5.8	$	3.60		41,400	$	3.60
$4.01 - $5.00		9,600		2.0	$	4.09		9,600	$	4.09
$5.01 - $6.00		22,500		2.5	$	7.36		22,500	$	7.36
		149,900		5.4	$	3.48		119,800	$	3.81

Note 4 - Revenue (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 24, 2023

Notes Tables

Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]

	June 24, 2023				June 25, 2022
	3 months		9 months		3 months		9 months

Engineering services	$	13,830	$	30,204	$	123,526	$	980,659
Equipment sales	$	21,142		154,089		22,563		154,023
Total	$	34,972	$	184,293	$	146,089	$	1,134,682

Note 5 - Inventories (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 24, 2023

Notes Tables

Schedule of Inventory, Current [Table Text Block]

	June 24, 2023		September 24, 2022
Work in process	$	854,080	$	489,854
Raw materials		386,809		476,331
Total inventory, net	$	1,240,889	$	966,185

Note 6 - Leases (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 24, 2023

Notes Tables

Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Maturity [Table Text Block]

2023	$	85,301
2024		42,651
Total lease payments		127,952
Less: Imputed interest		(1,977	)
Total lease liability	$	125,975

Note 7 - Debt (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 24, 2023

Notes Tables

Schedule of Maturities of Long-Term Debt [Table Text Block]

2023	$	3,023
2024		3,138
2025		3,257
2026		3,382
2027		3,511
Thereafter		133,689
	$	150,000

2023	$	402,682
2024		726,747
2025		775,419
2026		827,350
2027		882,759
Thereafter		385,043
	$	4,000,000

Note 10 - Major Customers and Export Sales (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 24, 2023

Notes Tables

Revenue from External Customers by Geographic Areas [Table Text Block]

	June 24, 2023				June 25, 2022
	3 months		9 months		3 months		9 months
Domestic	$	13,830	$	130,590	$	123,526	$	980,659
Foreign		21,142		53,703		22,563		154,023
Total net revenue	$	34,972	$	184,293	$	146,089	$	1,134,682

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers Attributed to Foreign Countries by Geographic Area [Table Text Block]

	June 2023						June 2022
	3 months			9 months			3 months			9 months
Philippines		-	%		11	%		100	%		48	%
Saudi Arabia		100	%		89	%		-			52	%

	June 2023						June 2022
	3 months			9 months			3 months			9 months
Far East		-	%		11	%		100	%		48	%
Mid-East		100	%		89	%		-			52	%

Note 1 - Description of the Business and Basis of Presentation (Details Textual) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 24, 2023	Jun. 25, 2022	Jun. 24, 2023	Jun. 25, 2022	Sep. 24, 2022	Sep. 25, 2021	Feb. 28, 2023	May 06, 2021
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent	$ 465,992	$ 842,351	$ 1,943,619	$ 1,977,995	$ 2,331,000	$ 1,088,000
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit)	8,428,725		8,428,725		$ 6,485,106
Mr. Carl H. Guild [Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage								6.00%
Notes Payable	$ 4,000,000		$ 4,000,000				$ 4,000,000
Mr. Carl H. Guild [Member] \| Previously Loaned Promissory Note 1 [Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage							6.50%
Notes Payable							$ 4,000,000

Note 3 - Stock-based Compensation (Details Textual) - USD ($)	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 24, 2023	Mar. 25, 2023	Dec. 24, 2022	Sep. 24, 2022	Jun. 25, 2022	May 06, 2021
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Nonvested Award, Option, Cost Not yet Recognized, Amount	$ 48,000
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Number	149,900	149,900	164,900	164,900
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Intrinsic Value	$ 0				$ 0
Equity Incentive Plan 2021 [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized						300,000
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Number	28,000
The 2005 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan and 2010 Equity Incentive Plan [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Number	121,900
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member]
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Nonvested Award, Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition	3 years
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member] \| Equity Incentive Plan 2021 [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Expiration Period (Year)	10 years
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member] \| Equity Incentive Plan 2021 [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period	0 years
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member] \| Equity Incentive Plan 2021 [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period	5 years
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member] \| The 2005 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan and 2010 Equity Incentive Plan [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Expiration Period (Year)	10 years
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member] \| The 2005 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan and 2010 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period	0 years
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member] \| The 2005 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan and 2010 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period	5 years

Note 3 - Stock-based Compensation - Stock-based Compensation Costs (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 24, 2023	Jun. 25, 2022	Jun. 24, 2023	Jun. 25, 2022
Total share-based compensation expense before taxes	$ 7,243	$ 13,286	$ 32,656	$ 38,087
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Total share-based compensation expense before taxes	7,243	11,241	29,686	31,915
Product Development Expenses [Member]
Total share-based compensation expense before taxes	$ 0	$ 2,045	$ 2,970	$ 6,172

Note 3 - Stock-based Compensation - Stock Option Activity (Details) - $ / shares	3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Jun. 24, 2023	Mar. 25, 2023	Dec. 24, 2022	Sep. 24, 2022
Outstanding, unvested (in shares)	46,600	56,700	56,700
Outstanding, vested (in shares)	103,300	108,200	108,200
Outstanding (in shares)	149,900	164,900	164,900
Outstanding (in dollars per share)	$ 3.48	$ 3.45	$ 3.45
Outstanding (Year)	5 years 6 months	5 years 8 months 12 days	5 years 8 months 12 days	6 years
Grants (in shares)	0	0	0
Vested (in shares)	(16,500)	(2,100)	0
Cancellations/forfeitures, unvested (in shares)	0	(8,000)	0
Cancellations/forfeitures, vested (in shares)	0	(7,000)	0
Cancellations/forfeitures (in shares)	0	(15,000)	0
Vested (in shares)	16,500	2,100	(0)
Outstanding, unvested (in shares)	30,100	46,600	56,700	56,700
Outstanding, vested (in shares)	119,800	103,300	108,200	108,200
Outstanding (in shares)	149,900	149,900	164,900	164,900
Outstanding (in dollars per share)	$ 3.48	$ 3.48	$ 3.45	$ 3.45

Note 3 - Stock Based Compensation - Information Related to Stock Options (Details) - $ / shares	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 24, 2023	Mar. 25, 2023	Dec. 24, 2022	Sep. 24, 2022
Shares, outstanding (in shares)	149,900
Weghted average remaining contractual term (Year)	5 years 4 months 24 days
Weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)	$ 3.48	$ 3.48	$ 3.45	$ 3.45
Exercisable, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)	$ 3.81
$2.01 - $3.00 (in shares)	119,800
Range 1 [Member]
Lower exercise price (in dollars per share)	$ 1.01
Higher exercise price (in dollars per share)	$ 2.00
Shares, outstanding (in shares)	40,000
Weghted average remaining contractual term (Year)	8 years 1 month 6 days
Weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)	$ 1.79
Exercisable, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)	1.83
Range 2 [Member]
Lower exercise price (in dollars per share)	2.01
Higher exercise price (in dollars per share)	$ 3.00
Shares, outstanding (in shares)	34,300
Weghted average remaining contractual term (Year)	4 years 8 months 12 days
Weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)	$ 2.61
Exercisable, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)	$ 2.63
$2.01 - $3.00 (in shares)	28,700
Range 3 [Member]
Lower exercise price (in dollars per share)	$ 3.01
Higher exercise price (in dollars per share)	$ 4.00
Shares, outstanding (in shares)	43,500
Weghted average remaining contractual term (Year)	5 years 9 months 18 days
Weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)	$ 3.60
Exercisable, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)	$ 3.60
$2.01 - $3.00 (in shares)	41,400
Range 4 [Member]
Lower exercise price (in dollars per share)	$ 4.01
Higher exercise price (in dollars per share)	$ 5.00
Shares, outstanding (in shares)	9,600
Weghted average remaining contractual term (Year)	2 years
Weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)	$ 4.09
Exercisable, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)	$ 4.09
$2.01 - $3.00 (in shares)	9,600
Range 5 [Member]
Lower exercise price (in dollars per share)	$ 5.01
Higher exercise price (in dollars per share)	$ 6.00
Shares, outstanding (in shares)	22,500
Weghted average remaining contractual term (Year)	2 years 6 months
Weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)	$ 7.36
Exercisable, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)	$ 7.36
$2.01 - $3.00 (in shares)	22,500

Note 4 - Revenue - Disaggreagation of Revenue (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 24, 2023	Jun. 25, 2022	Jun. 24, 2023	Jun. 25, 2022
Net revenue	$ 34,972	$ 146,089	$ 184,293	$ 1,134,682
Engineering Services [Member]
Net revenue	13,830	123,526	30,204	980,659
Equipment Sales [Member]
Net revenue	$ 21,142	$ 22,563	$ 154,089	$ 154,023

Note 5 - Inventories - Schedule of Inventory (Details) - USD ($)	Jun. 24, 2023	Sep. 24, 2022
Work in process	$ 854,080	$ 489,854
Raw materials	386,809	476,331
Total inventory, net	$ 1,240,889	$ 966,185

Note 6 - Leases (Details Textual) - USD ($)	9 Months Ended
Note 6 - Leases (Details Textual) - USD ($)	Jun. 24, 2023	Jun. 25, 2022
Operating Lease, Expense	$ 127,952	$ 127,952

Note 6 - Leases - Maturity of Operating Lease Liability (Details)	Jun. 24, 2023 USD ($)
2023	$ 85,301
2024	42,651
Total lease payments	127,952
Less: Imputed interest	(1,977)
Total lease liability	$ 125,975

Note 7 - Debt (Details Textual) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Note 7 - Debt (Details Textual) - USD ($)	Aug. 10, 2020	Jun. 24, 2023	Jun. 25, 2022	Jun. 24, 2023	Jun. 25, 2022	Feb. 28, 2023	Dec. 24, 2022	Aug. 04, 2022	Apr. 07, 2022	Nov. 18, 2021	May 06, 2021
Proceeds from Issuance of Long-Term Debt				$ 1,000,000	$ 1,350,000
Mr. Carl H. Guild [Member]
Notes Payable		$ 4,000,000		4,000,000		$ 4,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity Before Interest Rate Increase									$ 1,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity										$ 2,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage											6.00%
Interest Payable		298,125		298,125
Interest Expense, Debt		$ 64,110	$ 35,024	$ 191,635	$ 76,808
Mr. Carl H. Guild [Member] \| Advances Beyond Initial One Million [Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage										7.50%
The S B A Loan [Member]
Proceeds from Issuance of Long-Term Debt	$ 150,000
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment	$ 731
Debt Instrument, Term (Year)	30 years
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	3.75%
Demand Promissory Note [Member] \| Mr. Carl H. Guild [Member]
Notes Payable								$ 4,000,000
Previously Loaned Promissory Note 3 [Member]
Notes Payable							$ 1,000,000
Previously Loaned Promissory Note 3 [Member] \| Mr. Carl H. Guild [Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage							7.50%
Previously Loaned Promissory Note 1 [Member] \| Mr. Carl H. Guild [Member]
Notes Payable						$ 4,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage						6.50%

Note 7 - Debt - Principal Maturities of Long-term Debt (Details)	Jun. 24, 2023 USD ($)
Mr. Carl H. Guild [Member]
2023	$ 402,682
2024	726,747
2025	775,419
2026	827,350
2027	882,759
Thereafter	385,043
Long-Term Debt	4,000,000
The S B A Loan [Member]
2023	3,023
2024	3,138
2025	3,257
2026	3,382
2027	3,511
Thereafter	133,689
Long-Term Debt	$ 150,000

Note 8 - Income Taxes (Details Textual) - USD ($)	9 Months Ended
Note 8 - Income Taxes (Details Textual) - USD ($)	Jun. 24, 2023	Jun. 25, 2022	Sep. 24, 2022
Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Total	$ 0	$ 0
Grants Receivable, Current	0		$ 515,966
Proceeds from Employee Retention Credits	515,966
CARES Act [Member]
Grants Receivable, Current	$ 515,966

Note 9 - Loss Per Share (Details Textual) - shares	9 Months Ended
Note 9 - Loss Per Share (Details Textual) - shares	Jun. 24, 2023	Jun. 25, 2022
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	149,900	164,900

Note 10 - Major Customers and Export Sales (Details Textual)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 24, 2023	Jun. 25, 2022	Jun. 24, 2023	Jun. 25, 2022
Number of Countries in Which Products are Sold	1	1	2	2
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Revenue Benchmark [Member]
Number of Major Customers	2	2	4	1
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Revenue Benchmark [Member] \| Two Customers [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	100.00%	100.00%
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Revenue Benchmark [Member] \| Customer One [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	40.00%	85.00%	11.00%	86.00%
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Revenue Benchmark [Member] \| Customer Two [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	60.00%	15.00%	14.00%
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Revenue Benchmark [Member] \| Four Customers [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage			90.00%
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Revenue Benchmark [Member] \| Customer Three [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage			16.00%
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Revenue Benchmark [Member] \| Customer Four [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage			48.00%

Note 10 - Major Customers and Export Sales - Foreign and Domestic Net Revenue 2 (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 24, 2023	Jun. 25, 2022	Jun. 24, 2023	Jun. 25, 2022
Net revenue	$ 34,972	$ 146,089	$ 184,293	$ 1,134,682
UNITED STATES
Net revenue	13,830	123,526	130,590	980,659
Non-US [Member]
Net revenue	$ 21,142	$ 22,563	$ 53,703	$ 154,023

Note 10 - Major Customers and Export Sales - Foreign Revenue (Details)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 24, 2023	Jun. 25, 2022	Jun. 24, 2023	Jun. 25, 2022
PHILIPPINES
Percent of revenue by country	0.00%	100.00%	11.00%	48.00%
Far East [Member]
Percent of revenue	0.00%	100.00%	11.00%	48.00%
Middle East [Member]
Percent of revenue	100.00%	0.00%	89.00%	52.00%
SAUDI ARABIA
Percent of revenue by country	100.00%	0.00%	89.00%	52.00%