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Income Taxes - Narrative (Details) (USD $)
1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2010
Mar. 29, 2015
Dec. 28, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]      
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 tax benefits that if recognized would affect effective tax rate     16,400,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate
Unrecognized tax benefits increase (decrease)   0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsPeriodIncreaseDecrease  
Expense for interest and penalties   $ 100,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense