Datron Systems Income Up 21% for 3rd Quarter

Datron Systems Inc., a Simi Valley maker of satellite-tracking dishes and other communications devices, said its net income for the third quarter that ended Dec. 31 increased 21% to $1.15 million from $947,000 a year earlier. Sales increased 31% to $11.7 million from $8.94 million a year before.

For the nine months that ended Dec. 31, net income increased 27% to $3.04 million from $2.40 million a year before. Nine-month sales jumped 29% to $32.9 million from $25.5 million a year earlier.