Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Other Income (Expense)

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Related To Final Working Capital Settlement

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Related To Final Working Capital Settlement Related Expenses

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Working Capital Adjustment

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Amount of depreciation and amortization expense attributable to disposal group, including, but not limited to, discontinued operation.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 205
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
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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 cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Discontinued Operations - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended			31 Months Ended
	Jun. 11, 2018	Dec. 26, 2021	Dec. 27, 2020	Dec. 29, 2019	Dec. 27, 2020
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Final working capital settlement		$ 1.1
Final working capital settlement related expenses		1.1
Other income				$ 3.6
Public Safety & Security \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Purchase price, in cash	$ 69.0
Sale of discontinued operations					$ 68.9
Working capital adjustments	$ 7.3
Herley \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Other income		0.0	$ 0.0	3.6
Herley \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale \| Selling, general and administrative expenses
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Depreciation and amortization expense		$ 0.0	$ 0.0	$ 0.0