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Less significant income and/or expenses not related to on-going operations that include but are not limited to items such as refinancing of credit facilities, transaction costs incurred in connection to contemplated merger and acquisition activities, and foreign currency exchange gains or losses.

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Amount of expenses associated with restructurings pursuant to a duly authorized plan.

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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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Business development involves the development of products and services, their delivery, design and their implementation. Business development includes a number of techniques designed to grow an economic enterprise. Such techniques include, but are not limited to, assessments of marketing opportunities and target markets, intelligence gathering on customers and competitors, generating leads for possible sales, follow-up sales activity, formal proposal writing and business model design. Business development involves evaluating a business and then realizing its full potential, using such tools as marketing, sales, information management and customer service.

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The amount of net gain (loss) recognized in net periodic benefit cost as a result of an event that significantly reduces the expected years of future service of present employees or eliminates for a significant number of employees the accrual of defined benefits for some or all of their future services.

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The aggregate expense recognized in the current period that allocates the cost of tangible assets, intangible assets, or depleting assets to periods that benefit from use of the assets.

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Amount of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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Amount of the cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest expense.

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Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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Segment Information (Details 2) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended							6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 29, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013	Sep. 29, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Statements of Operations Data:
Net income (loss)		$ 10,857	$ 4,387	$ 5,129				$ 9,516	$ 20,373	$ 22,867	$ (6,858)	$ 4,988
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Sciens fees and expenses										686	356	450
Pension curtailment expense											1,325
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Restructuring costs		631							631	782
Gain on effective settlement of contract		(15,264)							(15,264)	(15,264)
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M240 Program - contract modification and obligation expense										10,201
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Adjusted EBITDA										$ 56,401	$ 27,320	$ 38,865