NOTE 6 – INTANGIBLE ASSETS

On December 10, 2014, the Company entered the satellite voice and data equipment sales and service business through the purchase of certain contracts from Global Telesat Corp. (“GTC”). These contracts permit the Company to utilize the Globalstar, Inc. and Globalstar LLC (collectively, “Globalstar”) mobile satellite voice and data network. The purchase price for the contracts of $250,000 was paid by the Company under an asset purchase agreement by and among the Company, its wholly owned subsidiary, Orbital Satcom, GTC and World Surveillance Group, Inc.

Included in the purchased assets are: (i) the rights and benefits granted to GTC under each of the Globalstar Contracts, subject to certain exclusions, (ii) account and online access to the Globalstar Cody Simplex activation system, (iii) GTC’s existing customers who are serviced pursuant to the Globalstar Contracts (only as to their business directly and exclusively related to the Globalstar Contracts), and (iv) all of GTC’s rights and benefits directly and exclusively related to the Globalstar Contracts.

Amortization of customer contracts are included in depreciation and amortization. For the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company amortized $6,250, respectively. Future amortization of intangible assets is as follows:

On February 19, 2015, the Company issued 444 of its common stock, par value $0.0001, at $112.50 per share, or $50,000, to a consultant as compensation for the design and delivery of dual mode gsm/Globalstar Simplex tracking devices and related hardware and intellectual property. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $50,000 for the above-mentioned other asset, due to the delay in its launch to our existing product lines. For the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, there were no additional expenditures on research and development.