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PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Abstract]  
PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS

11.       PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS

The following tables are consolidated disclosures of all domestic and foreign defined pension plans as described in the Corporation's 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K. The postretirement benefits information includes the domestic Curtiss-Wright Corporation and EMD postretirement benefit plans, as there are no foreign postretirement benefit plans.

Pension Plans

The components of net periodic pension cost for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 are as follows:

   (In thousands)
   Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
   September 30, September 30,
   2012 2011 2012 2011
Service cost $ 10,061 $ 9,346 $ 30,194 $ 28,002
Interest cost   6,564   6,563   19,695   19,671
Expected return on plan assets   (8,382)   (7,994)   (25,152)   (23,956)
Amortization of prior service cost   300   303   901   903
Amortization of unrecognized actuarial loss   2,755   1,243   8,266   3,732
Curtailment loss   -   -   -   53
Net periodic benefit cost $ 11,298 $ 9,461 $ 33,904 $ 28,405

During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Corporation made $40 million in contributions to the Curtiss-Wright Pension Plan, and does not expect to make any further contributions in 2012. In addition, contributions of $2.7 million were made to the Corporation's foreign benefit plans during the nine months ended September 30, 2012. Contributions to the foreign benefit plans are expected to be $4.3 million in 2012.

Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

The components of the net postretirement benefit cost for the Curtiss-Wright and EMD postretirement benefit plans for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 are as follows:

   (In thousands)
   Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
   September 30, September 30,
   2012 2011 2012 2011
Service cost $ 109 $ 93 $ 329 $ 281
Interest cost   232   250   695   751
Amortization of prior service cost   (158)   (158)   (472)   (472)
Amortization of unrecognized actuarial gain   (180)   (231)   (539)   (694)
Net periodic postretirement benefit cost $ 3 $ (46) $ 13 $ (134)

During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Corporation paid $0.8 million to the postretirement plans. During 2012, the Corporation anticipates making total contributions of $1.6 million to the postretirement plans.