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Minimum percentage of likelihood of the largest amount of benefit being realized upon settlement with tax authorities.

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Significant accounting policies.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Total loss recognized during the period from the impairment of goodwill plus the loss recognized in the period resulting from the impairment of the carrying amount of intangible assets, other than goodwill.

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The amount of progress payments offset against unbilled government contract receivables.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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The aggregate costs incurred (1) in a planned search or critical investigation aimed at discovery of new knowledge with the hope that such knowledge will be useful in developing a new product or service, a new process or technique, or in bringing about a significant improvement to an existing product or process; or (2) to translate research findings or other knowledge into a plan or design for a new product or process or for a significant improvement to an existing product or process whether intended for sale or the entity's use, during the reporting period charged to research and development projects, including the costs of developing computer software up to the point in time of achieving technological feasibility, and costs allocated in accounting for a business combination to in-process projects deemed to have no alternative future use.

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Business Overview and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Detail 1)	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 03, 2017 USD ($) Segment	Jan. 29, 2016 USD ($)	Jan. 30, 2015 USD ($)	May 04, 2015
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of operating segments \| Segment	5
Number of reportable segments \| Segment	1
Minimum percentage of likelihood of the largest amount of benefit being realized upon settlement with tax authorities	50.00%
Unbilled receivables, maximum expected period for billing and collection	1 year
Amount of progress payments received are offset against unbilled receivables	$ 56,000,000	$ 0
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets	$ 0	0
Operating cycle (in years)	greater than one year
Internal research and development costs included in selling, general and administrative expenses	$ 4,000,000	4,000,000	$ 5,000,000
Scitor Holdings, Inc.
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Definitive agreement to acquire business, Percentage of acquisition				100.00%
Scitor Holdings, Inc. \| Rabbi Trust
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Restricted cash	8,000,000	14,000,000
Scitor Holdings, Inc. \| Other Current Assets \| Rabbi Trust
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Restricted cash	1,000,000	7,000,000
Scitor Holdings, Inc. \| Other Assets \| Rabbi Trust
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Restricted cash	$ 7,000,000	$ 7,000,000