INVENTORIES (Table)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Inventory, Net [Abstract]

Schedule Of Inventory

The composition of inventories is as follows:

(In thousands)	March 31, 2018			December 31, 2017
Raw materials	$	206,004		$	191,855
Work-in-process	75,204			73,937
Finished goods and component parts	117,241			114,307
Inventoried costs related to U.S. Government and other long-term contracts	53,477			65,150
Gross inventories	451,926			445,249
Less:  Inventory reserves	(55,238		)	(54,638		)
Progress payments applied, principally related to long-term contracts	(9,901		)	(11,745		)
Inventories, net	$	386,787		$	378,866