Segment Information - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 27, 2016	Mar. 29, 2015
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Litigation related charges	$ 1.7	$ 0.0
Public Safety & Security \| Settled Litigation
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Litigation related charges	1.9
Kratos Government Solutions \| Inventories
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Impairment charges relating to inventories	$ 3.0

Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 4
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51824106&loc=d3e2420-110228

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=56944662&loc=d3e3602-108585

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