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Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Consolidated EBITDA, Ratio

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Debt Instrument, Basis Points

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Equity Interest In Domestic Subsidiaries

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Increase in Maximum Borrowing Capacity

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Portion of Rent Expense Under Capital Leases That is Treated as Interest Expense, Ratio

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Amount of long-term debt before deduction of unamortized discount or premium. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt, with initial maturities beyond one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Amount of the required periodic payments applied to principal.

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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for the line of credit facility regardless of whether the facility has been used.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Debt Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreements (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Nov. 20, 2012	Sep. 20, 2010
Debt Instrument
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate at Period End	1.70%	1.72%
Consolidated Senior Secured Indebtedness to Consolidated EBITDA, Ratio	3.50
Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Consolidated EBITDA, Ratio	4.00
Portion of Rent Expense Under Capital Leases That is Treated as Interest Expense, Ratio	4.00
Debt Instrument, Basis Points	1.00kamn_DebtInstrumentBasisPoints
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument
Long-term Debt, Gross	$ 92,208,000	$ 77,562,000
Medium-term Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding			100,000,000	42,500,000
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Principal	2,500,000
Debt Instrument, Final Periodic Payment, Principal	55,000,000
Long-term Debt, Gross	80,000,000	90,000,000
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA as Administrative Agent Bank of America NA and RBS Citizens NA as Co-Syndication Agents [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity			400,000,000
Line of Credit Increase in Maximum Borrowing Capacity Due to Accordian Feature	100,000,000
Long-term Debt, Gross	92,200,000	77,600,000
Line of Credit Facility, Remaining Borrowing Capacity	248,600,000
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA as Administrative Agent Bank of America NA and RBS Citizens NA as Co-Syndication Agents [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	59,200,000
Co-lead Arrangers Bank of America Securities LLC, JP Morgan Securities LLC, and RBS Citizens N.A. and a Syndicate of Lenders [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity				275,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Remaining Borrowing Capacity		285,600,000
Co-lead Arrangers Bank of America Securities LLC, JP Morgan Securities LLC, and RBS Citizens N.A. and a Syndicate of Lenders [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount		36,800,000
Collateral Member One [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument
Equity Interest In Certain Foreign Subsidiaries	66.00%
Collateral Member Two [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument
Equity Interest In Domestic Subsidiaries	100.00%
NEW ZEALAND \| JPMorgan Chase Bank NA as Administrative Agent Bank of America NA and RBS Citizens NA as Co-Syndication Agents [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	54,500,000
Commonwealth of Australia [Member] \| Co-lead Arrangers Bank of America Securities LLC, JP Morgan Securities LLC, and RBS Citizens N.A. and a Syndicate of Lenders [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount		$ 30,300,000
Minimum [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.20%
Minimum [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	1.25%
Maximum [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.325%
Maximum [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	2.125%