Contract With Customer, Asset, Increase (Decrease)

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- Definition

Contract with Customer Asset, Subject To Negotiation And Settlement With The Customer

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- Definition

Contract With Customer, Liability, Increase (Decrease)

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- Definition

Amount, after allowance for credit loss, of right to consideration in exchange for good or service transferred to customer when right is conditioned on something other than passage of time.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 8
-Subparagraph (a)
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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- Definition

Amount of decrease in right to consideration in exchange for good or service transferred to customer when right is conditioned on something other than passage of time from transfer to receivable due to right to consideration becoming unconditional.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section 50
-Paragraph 10
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-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126920106&loc=SL49130551-203045

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- Definition

Amount of revenue recognized that was previously included in balance of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration from customer has been received or is due.

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- Definition

Amount of litigation expense, including but not limited to legal, forensic, accounting, and investigative fees.

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- Definition

The amount of cash paid for the settlement of litigation or for other legal issues during the period.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 25
-Subparagraph (g)
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- Definition

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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Revenue Recognition - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022	Sep. 25, 2022	Jun. 26, 2022	Sep. 26, 2021	Sep. 25, 2022	Sep. 26, 2021	Dec. 26, 2021
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Contract assets, net change					$ 27.7
Contract liabilities, net change					(9.2)
Revenue recognized		$ 6.6		$ 1.8	42.6	$ 24.6
Contract assets		218.5			218.5		$ 190.8
Litigation related charges			$ 5.5		5.5	$ 0.0
Payments for legal settlements		3.7
Unmanned Systems
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Negotiation and settlement with the customer			$ 5.6
Litigation related charges					5.5
Unbilled Revenues \| T for C
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Contract assets		$ 4.8			4.8
Amount agreed to settlement	$ 6.0
Negotiation and settlement with the customer					$ 4.8