PENSION AND POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS (Defined Benefit Plans) (Narrative) (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended		1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014 pension_plan	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of pension and other post retirement defined benefit plans	13
United States Postretirement Benefit Plan and Pension Plan of US Entity [Member] [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of pension and other post retirement defined benefit plans	3
Domestic Qualified Pension Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Plan assets as a percentage of consolidated assets		86.00%
Domestic Qualified Pension Plan | CashAndCashEquivalentsMember
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Plan assets as a percentage of consolidated assets	3.00%	3.00%
Domestic Other Post-Employment Benefits Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of pension and other post retirement defined benefit plans merged into parent plan	3
Contributions made by employer	1,565,000	1,069,000
Domestic Non-Qualified Pension Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of pension and other post retirement defined benefit plans	1
Foreign Pension Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of pension and other post retirement defined benefit plans	10
Plan assets as a percentage of consolidated assets	14.00%
Expected return on assets assumption	5.65%
SWITZERLAND | Foreign Pension Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of pension and other post retirement defined benefit plans	1
United Kingdom [Member] | Foreign Pension Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of pension and other post retirement defined benefit plans	3
GERMANY | Foreign Pension Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of pension and other post retirement defined benefit plans	3
MEXICO | Foreign Pension Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of pension and other post retirement defined benefit plans	2
Canada [Member] | Foreign Pension Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of pension and other post retirement defined benefit plans	1
Curtiss-Wright [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of years of service	1 year
Vesting period	3 years
Period after which accruals will cease	15 years
Curtiss-Wright [Member] | Domestic Qualified Pension Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of pension and other post retirement defined benefit plans	1
Noncurrent pension liability	152,500,000	79,500,000
Discount rate decrease	0.75%
Discount rate	4.00%
Increase (decrease) in funded status of plan due to merger of plans	(4,300,000)
Contributions made by employer	39,800,000
Expected employer contributions	145,000,000
Curtailment charge		2,200,000
Curtiss-Wright [Member] | Domestic Other Post-Employment Benefits Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of pension and other post retirement defined benefit plans	1
Expected employer contributions	1,600,000
Postretirement benefit liability	23,200,000	20,400,000
Curtiss-Wright [Member] | Domestic Non-Qualified Pension Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Noncurrent pension liability	43,700,000	31,700,000
Expected employer contributions	3,100,000
Curtiss-Wright [Member] | Foreign Pension Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Noncurrent pension liability	5,300,000	2,100,000
Expected employer contributions	3,000,000
Total projected benefit obligation	90,100,000	87,600,000
Plan amendment reducing projected benefit obligation			7,000,000
Plan amendment gain due to curtailment			2,800,000
EMD [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Percent of employees' gross pay withheld	1.50%
Willams Controls [Member] | Domestic Qualified Pension Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of pension and other post retirement defined benefit plans merged into parent plan	2
Other Assets [Member] | Curtiss-Wright [Member] | Domestic Other Post-Employment Benefits Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Discounted receivable	1,400,000	1,800,000