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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Impact On Revenue Of Project Cost Adjustments

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Transaction Costs

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Transaction Related Cost

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Amount of depreciation and amortization expense attributable to disposal group, including, but not limited to, discontinued operation.

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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 cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Discontinued Operations - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 11, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Oct. 01, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018	Oct. 01, 2017	Nov. 30, 2017
6.5% Notes \| Senior notes
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Stated interest rate						6.50%
Public Safety & Security \| Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Purchase price, in cash	$ 69.0
Proceeds from divestiture	70.0
Working capital retained	7.0
Transaction costs	$ 2.7
Herley \| Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Impact of revenue				$ 1.8
Impact of operating results				2.0
Transaction-related costs		$ 0.0		2.7
Herley \| Disposed of by Sale \| Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Depreciation and amortization		$ 0.0	$ 0.1	$ 0.1	$ 0.2