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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Segment Information - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 27, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 27, 2020 USD ($) segment	Sep. 29, 2019 USD ($)
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Number of reportable segments \| segment			2
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Merger and acquisition expenses	$ 0.1	$ 0.1	$ 1.5	$ 1.9
CPI ASC Signal Division, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Merger and acquisition expenses	$ 0.1		$ 1.1
FTT
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Merger and acquisition expenses		$ 0.0		$ 1.3