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Income Tax Benefit Per Share

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

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired in a business combination achieved in stages, including equity interests in the acquiree held by the acquirer immediately before the acquisition date and acquired at the acquisition date.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Amount of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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Basis of Presentation - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 26, 2017	Mar. 27, 2016	Aug. 24, 2016
Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	$ 232	$ 188
AWE Management Limited
Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Ownership interest percentage acquired			18.00%
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent			51.00%
AWE Management Limited \| Net Sales \| Segment Concentration Risk \| Space Systems
Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Concentration percentage	100.00%
AWE Management Limited \| Net Sales \| Equity Method Investment Risk \| Space Systems
Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Concentration percentage		0.00%
AWE Management Limited \| Operating profit \| Segment Concentration Risk \| Space Systems
Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Concentration percentage	51.00%
AWE Management Limited \| Net Earnings \| Equity Method Investment Risk \| Space Systems
Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Concentration percentage		33.00%
Adjustments for New Accounting Principle, Early Adoption
Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)		$ 104
Income tax benefit per share		$ 0.34