Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Percentage Of Number of Shares Outstanding

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Payments To Acquire Business, Debt Extinguishment

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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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 amount of goodwill arising from a business combination that is expected to be deductible for tax purposes.

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Amount of increase in asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized resulting from a business combination.

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Amount of increase (decrease) from adjustments after acquisition date under purchase accounting of an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Acquisitions - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Acquisitions - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	May 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Extinguishment of Vencore HC and KGS HC debt and related costs			$ 994	$ 0
Decrease in goodwill due to fair value adjustments		$ 1
Goodwill acquired during period			1,239
Defense and Intelligence
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill acquired during period			1,156
Civilian and Health Care
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill acquired during period			$ 83
Vencore and KeyPoint
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Shares issued in a business acquisition as a percentage of outstanding shares	14.00%
Payments for acquisitions, net of cash acquired	$ 400
Extinguishment of Vencore HC and KGS HC debt and related costs	$ 1,000
Vencore
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of shares issued in a business acquisition (in shares)	18,877,244
Payments for acquisitions, net of cash acquired	$ 400
Extinguishment of Vencore HC and KGS HC debt and related costs	994
Tax deductible goodwill	$ 172
KeyPoint
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of shares issued in a business acquisition (in shares)	4,396,097