Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
(Operator Instructions). The first question is from Cai von Rumohr with Cowen and Company.
Cai von Rumohr - Cowen and Company
Maybe a number of other companies have indicated more billing days or working days in the quarter, was that a factor at all for you guys?
Ralph D'Ambrosio
Cai, it was a factor in that, we actually had one less day in Q1 of this year versus last year. It probably has impact on sales, about $50 million and we think it definitely impacted the timing of our cash collections and receivable. So, we are not going to make up that one day until we get the Q4 of this year.
Cai von Rumohr - Cowen and Company
So, basically the other quarters more or less are the same except for Q4.
Ralph D'Ambrosio
Q2 and Q3 will be the same amount of days and will have an extra two days in Q4 because this year is a leap year.
Cai von Rumohr - Cowen and Company
Got it, okay. Okay great. Thanks a lot.
Operator
Your next question is from the line of Joseph Campbell with Lehman Brothers.
Joseph Campbell - Lehman Brothers
Good morning.
Michael Strianese
Hi, Joe.
Joseph Campbell - Lehman Brothers
Hi. Hey Mike, we heard the comments and we knew you had gone over to Torino to check out the Alenia airplane product. Could you tell us what’s happening kind of on the other end of this with regard to what goes in the airplane and the systems; just tell us about what’s happening on Joint Cargo Aircraft other than the airplane side?
Michael Strianese
On our side?
Joseph Campbell - Lehman Brothers
Yeah.
Michael Strianese
Yeah, well just sure I went over with the team by the way, which included a couple of people from here from Integrated Systems as well as people from Alenia North America. We just started from the beginning and -- that is a existing airplane that does have some unique requirements that have to be built in advance must receiving the plane over here in Greenville such as wiring and shielding and things like that.
When the planes are received on our end, there is equipment. Some of it is quite supplied, but the things I could tell you that would be the obvious thing, Self-protection Equipment, Avionics Equipment, and so Communications Gear would be put on as well as preparing for certification and any other special customer requirements depending on the end-user right now, the army, but there are other end-users in this program that will have different requirements, Joe.
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