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Share-based Compensation Arrangement By Share-based Payment Award, Number Of Compensation Plans

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Fair Value

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Percentage

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Non-Option Equity Instruments, Outstanding, Percentage Of Outstanding Interests

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Percentage Of Shares Authorized

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
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Aggregate carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the liabilities for stock option plans and other equity-based compensation arrangements payable within one year (or the operating cycle, if longer).

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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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Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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Share-based Compensation - Narrative (Details) - Vencore $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 30, 2018 USD ($) plan	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock based compensation	$ 0.3	$ 0.2	$ 3.6	$ (0.2)	$ 4.0
Share based compensation liability	10.5		10.2	6.6
Fair value of share-based compensation	$ 10.5		$ 13.6	$ 8.2
Phantom Equity Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting rights, percentage				20.00%
Vesting period				5 years
Class B and Class B-1 \| Stock Compensation Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of compensation plans \| plan	2
Percentage of aggregate Membership Interests authorized for issuance	7.40%
Award vesting rights, percentage	20.00%
Aggregate outstanding grants as a percentage of Membership Interest			5.55%	5.55%
Percentage of membership interests that are nonvested	28.00%		29.00%	25.00%	46.00%
Class A Membership
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Annual rate of return on investment for Class A membership interest	8.00%
Class B Membership \| Phantom Equity Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Aggregate outstanding grants as a percentage of Membership Interest			1.85%	0.62%