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Note 8 - Income Taxes (Details) - Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Abstract]      
Taxes computed at the federal statutory rate $ (12,812,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate $ 3,792,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate $ 5,701,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
State income tax, net 4,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes    
Prior year true-up 44,000cvu_IncomeTaxReconciliationPriorYearTrueUp 190,000cvu_IncomeTaxReconciliationPriorYearTrueUp 47,000cvu_IncomeTaxReconciliationPriorYearTrueUp
Research and development tax credit (140,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxCreditsResearch    
Reduction in domestic production activity 893,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationDeductionsQualifiedProductionActivities    
AMT credit carryforward (584,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxCreditsOther    
Permanent differences 122,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpense (565,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpense (234,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpense
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes $ (12,473,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 3,417,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 5,514,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit