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Fiscal Year To Date Duration

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Government Contract, Cost-share Award

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Amount of contractual obligation, including but not limited to, long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations, purchase obligations, and other commitments.

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The amount of receivables that are derived from government contracts.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 912
-SubTopic 310
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51666815&loc=d3e55295-109406

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 26, 2016	Jun. 28, 2015	Dec. 27, 2015	Aug. 04, 2016
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Fiscal year duration	364 days		364 days
First quarter duration	91 days	91 days
Minimum
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Fiscal year duration	364 days
Maximum
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Fiscal year duration	371 days
Herley
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Ownership percentage (percent)	100.00%
Subsequent Event \| Air Force Research Laboratory ('AFRL')
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Cost-share contract, award value				$ 40.8
Government funding to be received				7.3
Investment obligation				$ 33.5