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Litigation Settlement, Participation Threshold, Percentage

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Amount of loss contingency liability.

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Present value of the estimated aggregate accrual for damages arising from third-party use of the entity's product(s) or process(es) as of the balance sheet date (if the accrual qualifies for discounting).

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Rate applied to the undiscounted amount of estimated damages for product liability to arrive at the present value recorded as of the balance sheet date.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Commitments and Contingencies - Product Liability (Details) - CAE Settlement $ in Billions		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Sep. 19, 2025 case	Aug. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Apr. 15, 2024	Mar. 26, 2024
Product Liability Litigation
Number of claims pending \| case	0
Settled Litigation
Product Liability Litigation
Settlement amount paid		$ 6.0
Pre-tax charge on product liability			$ 4.2
Accrual, net		$ 1.1	$ 5.3
Estimated discount interest rate (as a percent)		5.60%
Participating claimants in settlement (as a percentage)							99.00%
Participation threshold (as a percent)						98.00%
Loss contingency accrual				$ 2.4	$ 3.7
Settled Litigation \| Other current liabilities
Product Liability Litigation
Loss contingency accrual				1.4	1.3
Settled Litigation \| Other liabilities
Product Liability Litigation
Loss contingency accrual				$ 1.0	$ 2.4