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TAXES ON INCOME (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Income Taxes Line Items
Period of tax benefit for approved enterprise, maximum			7 years
Preferred Income tax rate not within Development Zone A		12.00%tatt_PreferredIncomeTaxRateTwo	16.00%tatt_PreferredIncomeTaxRateTwo	12.50%tatt_PreferredIncomeTaxRateTwo	15.00%tatt_PreferredIncomeTaxRateTwo	15.00%tatt_PreferredIncomeTaxRateTwo
Period of tax benefit for approved enterprise, commencement of production, maximum			12 years
Period of tax beneift for approved enterprise, since date of approval, maximum.			14 years
Tax exempt period for income, approved enterprise			2 years
Preferred Income tax rate for Development Zone A		6.00%tatt_PreferredIncomeTaxRateOne	9.00%tatt_PreferredIncomeTaxRateOne	7.00%tatt_PreferredIncomeTaxRateOne	10.00%tatt_PreferredIncomeTaxRateOne	10.00%tatt_PreferredIncomeTaxRateOne
Special Preferred Enterprise income tax rate for Development Zone A			5.00%tatt_SpecialPreferredIncomeTaxRateOne
Special Preferred Enterprise tax rate not within Development Zone A			8.00%tatt_SpecialPreferredEnterpriseIncomeTaxRateTwo
The period of Special Preferred Enterprise tax rates apply			10 years
Maximum tax rate on dividends distributed from Preferred Income.	20.00%tatt_DomesticMaximumTaxRateForDistributedDividendsFromPreferredIncome		15.00%tatt_DomesticMaximumTaxRateForDistributedDividendsFromPreferredIncome
Corporate tax rate for Israel			26.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	25.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	25.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
U.S. subsidiaries tax rate, federal and state			38.00%tatt_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationUsFederalAndStateTaxRate	38.00%tatt_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationUsFederalAndStateTaxRate	38.00%tatt_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationUsFederalAndStateTaxRate
TAT Technologies Ltd [Member]
Income Taxes Line Items
Preferred Income tax rate not within Development Zone A			16.00%tatt_PreferredIncomeTaxRateTwo / dei_LegalEntityAxis = tatt_TatTechnologiesLtdMember	12.50%tatt_PreferredIncomeTaxRateTwo / dei_LegalEntityAxis = tatt_TatTechnologiesLtdMember	15.00%tatt_PreferredIncomeTaxRateTwo / dei_LegalEntityAxis = tatt_TatTechnologiesLtdMember	15.00%tatt_PreferredIncomeTaxRateTwo / dei_LegalEntityAxis = tatt_TatTechnologiesLtdMember
Tax rate on transactions			25.00%tatt_DomesticTaxRateForAlternativePackageOfTaxBenefits / dei_LegalEntityAxis = tatt_TatTechnologiesLtdMember
Accumulated tax exempt income			1,728tatt_AccumulatedAmountOfTaxExemptIncome / dei_LegalEntityAxis = tatt_TatTechnologiesLtdMember
Tat Technologies Ltd and Bental Industries Ltd [Member]
Income Taxes Line Items
Tax rate on transactions			25.00%tatt_DomesticTaxRateForAlternativePackageOfTaxBenefits / dei_LegalEntityAxis = tatt_TatTechnologiesLtdAndBentalIndustriesLtdMember

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