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Debt (Details) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Jul. 01, 2014
Jul. 02, 2014
Apr. 06, 2009
Mar. 31, 2015
covenant
Dec. 30, 2013
Jan. 30, 2013
satellite_hub
satellite_hubs
Dec. 31, 2014
Apr. 01, 2019
Apr. 01, 2010
Swap_Agreements
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Long-term Debt       $ 69,333,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt     $ 70,875,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt    
Long-term Debt, Current Maturities       6,198,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent     6,188,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent    
Long-term Debt, Excluding Current Maturities       63,135,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent     64,687,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent    
Senior Credit Facility [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Debt Instrument, Term 5 years                
Line of Credit [Member] | Term Loan [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Long-term Debt       62,563,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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    63,781,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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Line of Credit [Member] | Senior Credit Facility [Member] | Line of Credit [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity   80,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity
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Long-term Line of Credit   30,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
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Proceeds from Lines of Credit   250,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromLinesOfCredit
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Line of Credit Facility, Mandatory Prepayment Provision, Net Cash Proceeds from Dispositions Not Reinvested, Percentage   100.00%kvhi_LineofCreditFacilityMandatoryPrepaymentProvisionNetCashProceedsfromDispositionsNotReinvestedPercentage
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Line of Credit Facility, Mandatory Prepayment Provision, Net Cash Proceeds from Stated Equity Issuance, Percentage   50.00%kvhi_LineofCreditFacilityMandatoryPrepaymentProvisionNetCashProceedsfromStatedEquityIssuancePercentage
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Line of Credit Facility, Mandatory Prepayment Provision, Net Cash Proceeds from Receipts Greater than 250 Thousand Dollars, Non-ordinary Business, Percentage   100.00%kvhi_LineofCreditFacilityMandatoryPrepaymentProvisionNetCashProceedsfromReceiptsGreaterthan250ThousandDollarsNonordinaryBusinessPercentage
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Number of Financial Covenants   2kvhi_NumberofFinancialCovenants
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Consolidated Leverage Ratio 2.00kvhi_ConsolidatedLeverageRatio
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Line of Credit [Member] | Senior Credit Facility [Member] | Line of Credit [Member] | Minimum [Member] | Base Rate [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate 1.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
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Line of Credit [Member] | Senior Credit Facility [Member] | Line of Credit [Member] | Maximum | Base Rate [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate 2.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
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Line of Credit [Member] | Senior Credit Facility [Member] | Line of Credit [Member] | Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Three [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Compliance, Maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio   2.25kvhi_LineofCreditFacilityCovenantComplianceMaximumConsolidatedLeverageRatio
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Line of Credit [Member] | Senior Credit Facility [Member] | Line of Credit [Member] | Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Four [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Compliance, Maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio   1.50kvhi_LineofCreditFacilityCovenantComplianceMaximumConsolidatedLeverageRatio
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Line of Credit [Member] | Senior Credit Facility [Member] | Line of Credit [Member] | Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Five [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Compliance, Maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio   1.00kvhi_LineofCreditFacilityCovenantComplianceMaximumConsolidatedLeverageRatio
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Line of Credit [Member] | Senior Credit Facility [Member] | Line of Credit [Member] | Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Six [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Compliance, Maximum Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio   1.25kvhi_LineofCreditFacilityCovenantComplianceMaximumConsolidatedFixedChargeCoverageRatio
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Line of Credit [Member] | Senior Credit Facility [Member] | Revolving Credit Facility [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity   15,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity
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Line of Credit [Member] | Senior Credit Facility [Member] | Term Loan [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity   65,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity
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Debt Instrument, Security Interest Pledged, Percentage 65.00%kvhi_DebtInstrumentSecurityInterestPledgedPercentage
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Proceeds from Lines of Credit 35,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromLinesOfCredit
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Line of Credit [Member] | Senior Credit Facility [Member] | Term Loan [Member] | Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Principal 1,200,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPaymentPrincipal
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Line of Credit [Member] | Senior Credit Facility [Member] | Term Loan [Member] | Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Two [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Principal 1,600,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPaymentPrincipal
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Mortgages [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Long-term Debt       3,231,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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    3,268,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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Mortgages [Member] | Mortgage Loan On Headquarters Facility [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Debt Instrument, Term     10 years            
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Principal       12,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPaymentPrincipal
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Number of Financial Covenants       1kvhi_NumberofFinancialCovenants
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Debt Instrument, Face Amount     4,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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Debt Instrument, Term If Balloon Not Considered     20 years            
Debt Instrument, Collateral Amount       5,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCollateralAmount
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Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Increase (Decrease) in Principal       1,000kvhi_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPaymentIncreaseDecreaseinPrincipal
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Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment Terms, Balloon Payment to be Paid               2,551,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPaymentTermsBalloonPaymentToBePaid
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Derivative, Number of Instruments Held                 2us-gaap_DerivativeNumberOfInstrumentsHeld
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Mortgages [Member] | Mortgage Loan On Headquarters Facility [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate     2.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
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Mortgages [Member] | Mortgage Loan On Headquarters Facility [Member] | Minimum [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Debt Covenant, Cash And Cash Equivalents Threshold       25,000,000kvhi_DebtCovenantCashAndCashEquivalentsThreshold
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Mortgages [Member] | Mortgage Loan On Headquarters Facility [Member] | Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage                 5.905%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
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Mortgages [Member] | Mortgage Loan On Headquarters Facility [Member] | Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Two [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage                 6.07%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
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Equipment Loan [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Long-term Debt       3,539,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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    3,826,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment         21,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPayment
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Equipment Loan [Member] | Equipment Loan [Member]                  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                  
Debt Instrument, Term         5 years 5 years      
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Principal           83,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPaymentPrincipal
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Debt Instrument, Face Amount         $ 1,200,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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Debt Instrument, Collateral Pledged         1kvhi_DebtInstrumentCollateralPledged
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Number of Satellite Hubs Purchased In Period           3kvhi_NumberofSatelliteHubsPurchasedInPeriod
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Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Fixed Interest, Percentage Rate         3.08%us-gaap_LongTermDebtPercentageBearingFixedInterestRate
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