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Property and Equipment (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	$ 83,182,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	$ 73,598,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
Less accumulated depreciation	(41,486,000)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment	(36,456,000)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Property and equipment, net	41,696,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	37,142,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Depreciation	6,127,000us-gaap_Depreciation	4,815,000us-gaap_Depreciation	4,216,000us-gaap_Depreciation
Land
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	3,828,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_LandMember	3,827,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_LandMember
Building and improvements
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	22,323,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_BuildingAndBuildingImprovementsMember	22,228,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_BuildingAndBuildingImprovementsMember
Leasehold improvements
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	351,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_LeaseholdsAndLeaseholdImprovementsMember	286,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_LeaseholdsAndLeaseholdImprovementsMember
Machinery and equipment
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	42,869,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_MachineryAndEquipmentMember	35,182,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_MachineryAndEquipmentMember
Office and computer equipment
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	13,760,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = kvhi_OfficeAndComputerEquipmentMember	12,024,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = kvhi_OfficeAndComputerEquipmentMember
Motor vehicles
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	$ 51,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_VehiclesMember	$ 51,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_VehiclesMember

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Amount of accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization for physical assets used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services.

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