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Basis of Presentation - Additional Information (Detail)

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Basis of Presentation - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Apr. 04, 2015
Mar. 29, 2014
Jan. 14, 2015
Schedule Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Research and development, design and related engineering $ 22,200,000us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense $ 17,200,000us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense  
Derivative instruments outstanding $ 0us-gaap_DerivativeAssetsLiabilitiesAtFairValueNet    
Armstrong [Member]      
Schedule Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Percentage of acquired stock     100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= atro_ArmstrongMember
Date of acquisition     Jan. 14, 2015