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 and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:



	(In thousands)
	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Service cost	$	10,899		$	9,978		$	21,718		$	20,133
Interest cost	6,781			6,676			13,516			13,131
Expected return on plan assets	(8,875		)	(8,356		)	(17,761		)	(16,770		)
Amortization of prior service cost	254			300			554			601
Amortization of unrecognized actuarial loss	3,935			3,015			8,207			5,511
Curtailments	2,711			—			2,711			—
Net periodic benefit cost	$	15,705		$	11,613		$	28,945		$	22,606

In May 2013, the Corporation's Board of Directors approved an amendment to the CW Pension Plan. The amendment, which is effective January 1, 2014, changes the time period used to calculate final and career average pay formulas and resulted

in a $3 million reduction to the projected benefit obligation of the plan and a second quarter curtailment charge of $2.2 million. The plan curtailment also required a remeasurement of the assets and liabilities of the Curtiss-Wright Pension Plan. Due to favorable asset performance and an increase in the discount rate, the remeasurement decreased the pension liability and decreased the net pre-tax actuarial loss component of Accumulated other comprehensive loss by $45 million.

During the six months ended June 30, 2013, the Corporation made $14.5 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 $2.6 million were made to the Corporation’s foreign benefit plans during the six months ended June 30, 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 and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:



	(In thousands)
	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Service cost	$	99		$	110		$	199		$	220
Interest cost	209			231			417			463
Amortization of prior service cost	(157		)	(157		)	(314		)	(314		)
Amortization of unrecognized actuarial gain	(160		)	(179		)	(320		)	(359		)
Net postretirement benefit cost (income)	$	(9	)	$	5		$	(18	)	$	10

During the six months ended June 30, 2013, the Corporation paid $0.5 million to the postretirement plans. During 2013, the Corporation anticipates contributing $1.7 million to the postretirement plans.