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Income Taxes - Narrative (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 28, 2014
Dec. 29, 2013
Dec. 30, 2012
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]      
Federal statutory income tax rate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
Net increase in valuation allowance $ 30,900,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount    
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]      
Federal annual utilization of NOL carryforwards limit, next five years 27,000,000ktos_OperatingLossCarryforwardsFederalAnnualUtilizationLimitFiveYearsSucceedingInitialOwnershipChange    
Threshold period for change in allowed annual amount of NOL to be recognized 5 years    
Federal annual utilization of NOL carryforwards limit, after year five 11,600,000ktos_OperatingLossCarryforwardsFederalAnnualUtilizationLimitAfterYearFive    
Unrecognized deferred income taxes or foreign withholding taxes 18,100,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilityNotRecognizedAmountOfUnrecognizedDeferredTaxLiabilityUndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries    
Unrecognized deferred income taxes or foreign withholding taxes, cash and cash equivalents available for distribution 10,900,000us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries    
Unrecognized tax benefits that if recognized would affect effective tax rate 16,400,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate    
Amount that would become a deferred tax asset included in unrecognized tax benefits that would impact the effective tax rate 14,500,000ktos_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRateDeferredTaxAssets    
Income tax penalties and interest expense 200,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense 200,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense 400,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense
Benefit for income tax penalties and interest related to reversal of prior positions 100,000ktos_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestBenefitReversalsOfPriorPositions 200,000ktos_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestBenefitReversalsOfPriorPositions 100,000ktos_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestBenefitReversalsOfPriorPositions
Total interest and penalties accrued 800,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued 700,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued 700,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued
Unrecognized tax benefits that will expire within the next 12 months 0us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleAmountOfUnrecordedBenefit    
Share-based compensation cost      
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]      
Operating loss carryforwards 14,400,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
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Federal      
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]      
Operating loss carryforwards 391,500,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
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State      
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]      
Operating loss carryforwards $ 285,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
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