Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 25, 2016	Mar. 27, 2015
Net sales:
Products	$ 1,423	$ 1,538
Services	930	950
Total net sales	2,353	2,488
Cost of sales:
Products	(1,266)	(1,382)
Services	(835)	(897)
Total cost of sales	$ (2,101)	(2,279)
Loss related to business divestiture		(22)
Operating income	$ 252	187
Interest expense	(41)	(39)
Interest and other income, net	4	3
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	215	151
Provision for income taxes	(48)	(46)
Income from continuing operations	167	105
Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	63	4
Net income	230	109
Net income from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interests	(3)	(4)
Net income (loss) attributable to L-3	$ 227	$ 105
Basic earnings per share attributable to L-3 Holdings' common shareholders:
Continuing operations	$ 2.11	$ 1.23
Discontinued operations	0.81	0.05
Basic earnings per share	2.92	1.28
Diluted earnings per share attributable to L-3 Holdings' common shareholders:
Continuing operations	2.08	1.20
Discontinued operations	0.79	0.05
Diluted earnings per share	2.87	1.25
Cash dividends declared per common share	$ 0.70	$ 0.65
L-3 Holdings' weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic	77.8	82.3
Diluted	79.0	83.8