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Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate to Effective Income Tax Rate on Continuing Operations (Detail)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]      
Statutory federal income tax rate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
State and local income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit 2.30%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 2.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 1.70%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Foreign income taxes (3.40%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (1.60%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (2.00%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential
Manufacturing benefits (1.70%)lll_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationManufacturingBenefits (1.90%)lll_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationManufacturingBenefits (1.80%)lll_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationManufacturingBenefits
Research and experimentation and other tax credits (4.10%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxCredits (3.60%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxCredits (0.50%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxCredits
Resolution of tax contingencies (0.90%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxContingencies (1.00%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxContingencies (0.90%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxContingencies
Other, net (0.40%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments (1.00%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments 0.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments
Effective income tax rate on continuing operations 26.80%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 28.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 32.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations