VSE Corporation Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Acquisition and Divestitures - Narrative (Details)

Acquisition and Divestitures - Narrative (Details)						1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
Acquisition and Divestitures - Narrative (Details)	Jul. 26, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 01, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 26, 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 26, 2020 USD ($)	Jan. 10, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 28, 2020 agreement
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration										$ 53,336,000	$ 0	$ 113,181,000
Goodwill							$ 248,753,000			248,753,000	238,126,000	276,450,000
Notes receivable from the sale of a business entity and certain assets							0			0	12,852,000	0
Loss on sale of a business entity and certain assets										0	(8,214,000)	$ 0
Prime Turbines
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of sale agreements \| agreement													2
Proceeds from sale of business				$ 20,000,000
Notes receivable from the sale of a business entity and certain assets				$ 8,300,000
Loss on sale of a business entity and certain assets									$ (7,500,000)
PTB Holdings USA, LLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Note receivable, net							4,700,000			4,700,000	6,100,000
Note receivable, current							1,500,000			1,500,000	1,400,000
CT Aerospace LLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of business			$ 6,900,000
Loss on sale of a business entity and certain assets								$ (678,000)
Legacy Turbines LLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Note receivable, net							5,200,000			5,200,000	6,400,000
Note receivable, current							1,300,000			1,300,000	$ 1,300,000
Variable discount							275,000			275,000
Global Parts
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration	$ 38,553,000
Purchase price	38,000,000
Earn-out payments	$ 2,000,000
Decrease in inventories							5,500,000
Decrease in customer relationships							4,000,000
Decrease in long term deferred tax liabilities							2,400,000
Decrease to net working capital							200,000
Goodwill adjustments							$ 7,300,000
Term of contract (in years)	15 years
Tax deductible goodwill	$ 0
Accounts receivable	6,410,000
Intangibles - customer related	16,000,000
Goodwill	10,019,000
Acquisition-related expenses										532,000
Consideration payment	$ 40,553,000
HAECO Special Services, LLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair value of net intangible assets		$ 7,000,000
Accounts receivable		9,200,000
Goodwill		608,000
Acquisition-related expenses										333,000
Cash consideration, net of cash acquired		14,800,000
HAECO Special Services, LLC \| Customer Relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangibles - customer related		$ 7,200,000
Acquired intangible assets, weighted average useful life (in years)		4 years
First Choice Aerospace
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Earn-out payments					$ 40,000,000
Acquisition-related expenses										$ 408,000
Business acquisition, percentage acquired					100.00%
Cash consideration, net of cash acquired					$ 113,000,000
Consideration payment						$ 31,700,000