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Revenue - Schedule of Contract Assets and Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]
Contract assets	$ 165.5	$ 54.9
Contract liabilities	173.0	22.5
Net contract assets	(7.5)	$ 32.4
$ Change
Contract assets	110.6
Contract liabilities	150.5
Net contract assets	$ 39.9
% Change
Contract assets	201.50%
Contract liabilities	668.90%
Net contract assets	(123.10%)

Contract with Customer, Asset, Increase (Decrease), Amount

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Contract with Customer, Asset, Increase (Decrease), Amount

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Contract With Customer, Asset, Increase (Decrease), Percent

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Contract With Customer, Asset, Increase (Decrease), Percent [Abstract]

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Contract With Customer, Asset (Liability), Net

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Contract with Customer, Asset (Liability), Net, Increase (Decrease), Amount

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Contract With Customer, Asset (Liability), Net, Increase (Decrease), Percent

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Contract with Customer, Liability, Increase (Decrease), Amount

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Amount, after allowance for credit loss, of right to consideration in exchange for good or service transferred to customer when right is conditioned on something other than passage of time.

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-Topic 606
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Amount of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration has been received or is receivable.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 606
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 45
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