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Acquisitions and Divestitures, Divestitures, Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Consideration and Fair Value of Net Assets Acquired (Details) - CSRA $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions | Apr. 03, 2018 USD ($) $ / shares shares
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Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
Cash consideration per CSRA share | $ / shares | $ 41.25
Cash paid to purchase outstanding CSRA shares | $ 6,825
Cash paid to extinguish CSRA debt | 2,846
Cash settlement of outstanding CSRA stock options and restricted stock units | 78
Total purchase price | $ 9,749
CSRA |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
CSRA shares outstanding (in millions) | shares | 165.4

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