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Note 2 - Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings on Uncompleted Contracts (Details) - Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings on Uncompleted Contracts (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Note 2 - Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings on Uncompleted Contracts (Details) - Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings on Uncompleted Contracts [Line Items]
Costs incurred on uncompleted contracts	$ 390,144,128cvu_CostsIncurredOnUncompletedContracts	$ 321,552,523cvu_CostsIncurredOnUncompletedContracts
Estimated earnings	96,482,593cvu_EstimatedEarningsOnUncompletedContracts	126,285,484cvu_EstimatedEarningsOnUncompletedContracts
Sub-total	486,626,721cvu_CostsAndEstimatedEarningsOnUncompletedContracts	447,838,007cvu_CostsAndEstimatedEarningsOnUncompletedContracts
Less billings to date	407,766,232cvu_BillingsToDateOnUncompletedContracts	335,517,041cvu_BillingsToDateOnUncompletedContracts
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts	78,860,489cvu_NetCostsInExcessOfBillingsOnUncompletedContractsOrProgramsExpectedToBeCollectedWithinOneYear	112,320,966cvu_NetCostsInExcessOfBillingsOnUncompletedContractsOrProgramsExpectedToBeCollectedWithinOneYear
U.S. Government [Member]
Note 2 - Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings on Uncompleted Contracts (Details) - Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings on Uncompleted Contracts [Line Items]
Costs incurred on uncompleted contracts	299,871,583cvu_CostsIncurredOnUncompletedContracts / us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis = cvu_USGovernmentMember	259,050,407cvu_CostsIncurredOnUncompletedContracts / us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis = cvu_USGovernmentMember
Estimated earnings	56,708,610cvu_EstimatedEarningsOnUncompletedContracts / us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis = cvu_USGovernmentMember	95,590,879cvu_EstimatedEarningsOnUncompletedContracts / us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis = cvu_USGovernmentMember
Sub-total	356,580,193cvu_CostsAndEstimatedEarningsOnUncompletedContracts / us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis = cvu_USGovernmentMember	354,641,286cvu_CostsAndEstimatedEarningsOnUncompletedContracts / us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis = cvu_USGovernmentMember
Less billings to date	313,441,471cvu_BillingsToDateOnUncompletedContracts / us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis = cvu_USGovernmentMember	272,783,120cvu_BillingsToDateOnUncompletedContracts / us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis = cvu_USGovernmentMember
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts	43,138,722cvu_NetCostsInExcessOfBillingsOnUncompletedContractsOrProgramsExpectedToBeCollectedWithinOneYear / us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis = cvu_USGovernmentMember	81,858,166cvu_NetCostsInExcessOfBillingsOnUncompletedContractsOrProgramsExpectedToBeCollectedWithinOneYear / us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis = cvu_USGovernmentMember
Commercial [Member]
Note 2 - Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings on Uncompleted Contracts (Details) - Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings on Uncompleted Contracts [Line Items]
Costs incurred on uncompleted contracts	90,272,545cvu_CostsIncurredOnUncompletedContracts / us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis = cvu_CommercialMember	62,502,116cvu_CostsIncurredOnUncompletedContracts / us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis = cvu_CommercialMember
Estimated earnings	39,773,983cvu_EstimatedEarningsOnUncompletedContracts / us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis = cvu_CommercialMember	30,694,605cvu_EstimatedEarningsOnUncompletedContracts / us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis = cvu_CommercialMember
Sub-total	130,046,528cvu_CostsAndEstimatedEarningsOnUncompletedContracts / us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis = cvu_CommercialMember	93,196,721cvu_CostsAndEstimatedEarningsOnUncompletedContracts / us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis = cvu_CommercialMember
Less billings to date	94,324,761cvu_BillingsToDateOnUncompletedContracts / us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis = cvu_CommercialMember	62,733,921cvu_BillingsToDateOnUncompletedContracts / us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis = cvu_CommercialMember
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts	$ 35,721,767cvu_NetCostsInExcessOfBillingsOnUncompletedContractsOrProgramsExpectedToBeCollectedWithinOneYear / us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis = cvu_CommercialMember	$ 30,462,800cvu_NetCostsInExcessOfBillingsOnUncompletedContractsOrProgramsExpectedToBeCollectedWithinOneYear / us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis = cvu_CommercialMember

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