VSE Corporation Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details)

Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Balance as of beginning of period	$ 92,052,000us-gaap_Goodwill
Increase from the Aviation Acquisition	101,720,000us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
Balance as of end of period	193,772,000us-gaap_Goodwill
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization of intangible assets	3,600,000	2,500,000
Contract-related	179,004,000		93,304,000
Acquired technologies	12,400,000vsec_AcquiredTechnologies		12,400,000vsec_AcquiredTechnologies
Trade name - amortizable	17,600,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedTradeNamesGross		10,100,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedTradeNamesGross
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net [Abstract]
Cost	209,004,000		115,804,000
Accumulated Amortization	(46,210,000)		(42,570,000)
Accumulated Impairment Loss	(1,025,000)vsec_AccumulatedImpairmentLoss		(1,025,000)vsec_AccumulatedImpairmentLoss
Net Intangible Assets	161,769,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet		72,209,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
Contract and Customer-Related [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net [Abstract]
Accumulated Amortization	(36,796,000)		(33,840,000)
Accumulated Impairment Loss	(1,025,000)		(1,025,000)
Net Intangible Assets	141,183,000		58,439,000
Acquired Technologies [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net [Abstract]
Accumulated Amortization	(4,306,000)		(4,024,000)
Accumulated Impairment Loss	0		0
Net Intangible Assets	8,094,000		8,376,000
Trade Names - Amortizable [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net [Abstract]
Accumulated Amortization	(5,108,000)		(4,706,000)
Accumulated Impairment Loss	0		0
Net Intangible Assets	12,492,000		5,394,000
Supply Chain Management Group [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Balance as of beginning of period	61,169,000
Increase from the Aviation Acquisition	0
Balance as of end of period	61,169,000
IT, Energy and Management Consulting Group [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Balance as of beginning of period	30,883,000
Increase from the Aviation Acquisition	0
Balance as of end of period	30,883,000
Aviation Group [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Balance as of beginning of period	0
Increase from the Aviation Acquisition	101,720,000
Balance as of end of period	$ 101,720,000