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Organization and Significant Accounting Policies - Contract Estimates (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2026 USD ($) contract	Apr. 30, 2025 USD ($) item contract	Apr. 30, 2024 USD ($) contract
Contract Estimates
Forward loss reserve	$ 6,103,000	$ 104,000
Number of active contracts \| contract	0	0	0
Revenue, remaining performance obligation, aggregate impact of adjustments in contract estimates on revenue related to performance obligations satisfied or partially satisfied decreased amount	$ (2,557,000)
Number of active contracts with material adjustment \| contract	2
Amount of aggregate impact of adjustments in contract estimates on revenue related to performance obligations satisfied or partially satisfied in previous periods increased		$ 6,002,000	$ 5,408,000
LMS
Contract Estimates
Number of active contracts with material adjustment \| contract		1	2
Undefinitized contract actions \| contract		4
Unpriced change orders \| item		8
Amount of aggregate impact of adjustments in contract estimates on revenue related to performance obligations satisfied or partially satisfied in previous periods increased		$ 9,870,000	$ 2,672,000
Decrease in revenue due to revised estimates to complete a contract		2,874,000
Loitering munition systems unpriced change orders
Contract Estimates
Amount of aggregate impact of adjustments in contract estimates on revenue related to performance obligations satisfied or partially satisfied in previous periods increased		$ 2,177,000
IAMD
Contract Estimates
Forward loss reserve	$ 3,889,000
Number of contracts with forward loss reserves \| contract	1
Cyber and Mission Solutions
Contract Estimates
Number of active contracts with material adjustment \| contract	1
Decrease in revenue due to revised estimates to complete a contract	$ (3,091,000)
Space and Directed Energy
Contract Estimates
Increase in revenue due to revised estimates to complete a contract	$ 6,659,000