Condensed Combining Financial Information of L-3 Communications and Its Subsidiaries - Additional Information (Detail)	Sep. 25, 2015
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Ownership percentage held in subsidiary	100.00%

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