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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Research and Development (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Research and Development
Customer-funded service sales	$ 3,806kvhi_CustomerFundedSalesRevenueServicesNet	$ 10,302kvhi_CustomerFundedSalesRevenueServicesNet	$ 5,470kvhi_CustomerFundedSalesRevenueServicesNet
Customer-funded costs included in costs of service sales	$ 2,633kvhi_CustomerFundedCostsOfGoodsSold	$ 2,387kvhi_CustomerFundedCostsOfGoodsSold	$ 3,424kvhi_CustomerFundedCostsOfGoodsSold

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