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Contingencies (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 28, 2020 | Mar. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2019
Site Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |
Litigation Settlement, Amount |  | $ 110,000 |
Environmental Costs Recovered | $ 37,000 |  |
Sales covered by the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 |  |  | $ 4,770
Huntsville Site [Member] |  |  |
Site Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |
Environmental Remediation Expense To Date | 6,900 |  |
Additional Expected Project Expenditures Low Estimate | 3,500 |  |
Additional Expected Project Expenditures High Estimate | 10,000 |  |
Norco Site [Member] | Remediation, Project Management, Regulatory Oversight, and Investigative and Feasability Studies [Member] |  |  |
Site Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |
Environmental Remediation Expense To Date | 74,300 |  |
Additional Expected Project Expenditures Low Estimate | 7,400 |  |
Additional Expected Project Expenditures High Estimate | 18,300 |  |
Global ECS |  |  |
Site Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |
Foreign tax and other loss contingencies, net of taxes | $ 32,700 |  |

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