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PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
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 2012 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 months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

  (In thousands)
  Three Months Ended
  March 31,
  2013 2012
Service cost $ 10,819 $ 10,155
Interest cost   6,735   6,455
Expected return on plan assets   (8,886)   (8,414)
Amortization of prior service cost   300   301
Amortization of unrecognized actuarial loss   4,272   2,496
Net periodic benefit cost $ 13,240 $ 10,993

During the three months ended March 31, 2013, the Corporation made $7.0 million in contributions to the Curtiss-Wright Pension Plan, and expects to make total contributions of approximately $35.0 million in 2013. In addition, contributions of $1.2 million were made to the Corporation's foreign benefit plans during the three months ended March 31, 2013. Contributions to the foreign benefit plans are expected to be $5.0 million in 2013.

Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

The components of the net postretirement benefit cost for the Curtiss-Wright and EMD postretirement benefit plans for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

  (In thousands)
  Three Months Ended
  March 31,
  2013 2012
Service cost $ 100 $ 110
Interest cost   208   232
Amortization of prior service cost   (157)   (157)
Amortization of unrecognized actuarial gain   (160)   (180)
Net postretirement benefit cost (income) $ (9) $ 5

During the three months ended March 31, 2013, the Corporation paid $0.2 million to the postretirement plans. During 2013, the Corporation anticipates contributing $1.7 million to the postretirement plans.