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	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 28, 2012 Valent Aerostructures, LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Valent Aerostructures, LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Valent Aerostructures, LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Valent Aerostructures, LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Valent Aerostructures, LLC [Member]	Dec. 28, 2012 Valent Aerostructures, LLC [Member] Customer Relationships [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Valent Aerostructures, LLC [Member] Customer Relationships [Member]	Dec. 28, 2012 Valent Aerostructures, LLC [Member] Trademarks and Other Intangibles [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Valent Aerostructures, LLC [Member] Trademarks and Other Intangibles [Member]	Aug. 07, 2012 TASS, Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 TASS, Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 TASS, Inc. [Member]	Aug. 07, 2012 TASS, Inc. [Member] Customer Relationships [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 TASS, Inc. [Member] Customer Relationships [Member]	Aug. 07, 2012 TASS, Inc. [Member] Trademarks and Other Intangibles [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 TASS, Inc. [Member] Trademarks and Other Intangibles [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Restricted Stock [Member] Valent Aerostructures, LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition date						Dec. 28, 2012								Aug. 07, 2012
Equity interests issued		$ 15,000				$ 15,000
Percentage of stock eligible for conversion in June 2014																				50.00%
Acquisition related costs	247	5,362	0		4,860	5,107
Acquired intangible assets				46,546					45,600		946		2,247			1,876		371
Weighted average estimated useful life										20 years 3 months 18 days		5 years 6 months					11 years 10 months 24 days		2 years 10 months 24 days
Notes payable													1,000
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Abstract]
Net sales							386,402	340,551
Net income							12,899	10,152
Summary of purchase price allocation [Abstract]
Cash				44									617
Accounts receivable				16,769									1,979
Inventory				28,053
Prepaid expenses and other current assets				640
Other assets													175
Fixed assets				56,075									196
Intangible assets				46,546									2,247
Other long-term assets				1,576
Goodwill	113,223	179,314		129,816	123,584		123,584						6,313	6,313	6,628
Current liabilities assumed				(25,187)									(1,247)
Long-term liabilities assumed				(23,080)
Cost of acquisition				$ 231,252									$ 10,280