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

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details)

Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Balance as of December 31, 2011	$ 92,052,000us-gaap_Goodwill	$ 92,052,000us-gaap_Goodwill
Impairment loss		0vsec_ImpairmentLoss
Reclassification to current assets of discontinued operations		0
Balance as of December 31, 2012	92,052,000us-gaap_Goodwill	92,052,000us-gaap_Goodwill	92,052,000us-gaap_Goodwill
Balance as of December 31, 2013	92,052,000us-gaap_Goodwill	92,052,000us-gaap_Goodwill	92,052,000us-gaap_Goodwill
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Contract-related	93,304,000	93,304,000
Acquired technologies	12,400,000vsec_AcquiredTechnologies	12,400,000vsec_AcquiredTechnologies
Trade name - amortizable	10,100,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedTradeNamesGross	10,100,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedTradeNamesGross
Intangible assets, Total	115,804,000	115,804,000
Accumulated Amortization	(42,570,000)	(32,522,000)
Accumulated Impairment Loss	(1,025,000)vsec_AccumulatedImpairmentLoss	(1,025,000)vsec_AccumulatedImpairmentLoss
Net Intangible Assets	72,209,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet	82,257,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
Amortization of Intangible Assets	10,000,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	10,200,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	11,200,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net [Abstract]
2014	9,439,000
2015	9,255,000
2016	9,255,000
2017	9,255,000
2018	9,190,000
Thereafter	25,815,000
Total	72,209,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet	82,257,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
Contract and customer-related [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Accumulated Amortization	(33,840,000)	(26,287,000)
Accumulated Impairment Loss	(1,025,000)	(1,025,000)
Net Intangible Assets	58,439,000	65,992,000
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net [Abstract]
Total	58,439,000	65,992,000
Acquired Technologies [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Accumulated Amortization	(4,024,000)	(2,896,000)
Accumulated Impairment Loss	0	0
Net Intangible Assets	8,376,000	9,504,000
Useful Life of intangible assets	11 years
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net [Abstract]
Total	8,376,000	9,504,000
Trade Names - Amortizable [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Accumulated Amortization	(4,706,000)	(3,339,000)
Accumulated Impairment Loss	0	0
Net Intangible Assets	5,394,000	6,761,000
Useful Life of intangible assets	8 years 4 months 24 days
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net [Abstract]
Total	5,394,000	6,761,000
Supply Chain Management Group [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Balance as of December 31, 2012	61,169,000	61,169,000	61,169,000
Balance as of December 31, 2013	61,169,000	61,169,000	61,169,000
IT, Energy and Management Consulting Group [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Balance as of December 31, 2012	30,883,000	30,883,000	30,883,000
Balance as of December 31, 2013	$ 30,883,000	$ 30,883,000	$ 30,883,000