Unusual Items - Unusual Items Expense (Parenthetical) (Detail) (Rocketdyne Business [Member], USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
May 31, 2013	May 31, 2013
Rocketdyne Business [Member]
Unusual or Infrequent Item [Line Items]
Benefit related to company not being required to divest the Liquid Divert and Attitude Control Systems program	$ 4.0	$ 3.6

Amount of gain recognized in the income statement for an event or transaction, that is unusual in nature or occurs infrequently, but not both.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 3

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6365513&loc=d3e15138-107781

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