INVENTORIES (Table)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Inventories [Abstract]

Schedule Of Inventory [Text Block]

(In thousands)			2011		2010
Raw material		$	168,619	$	147,950
Work-in-process			97,420		69,302
Finished goods and component parts			81,544		73,419
Inventoried costs related to U.S. Government and other long-term contracts			35,347		41,029
Gross inventories			382,930		331,700
Less: Inventory reserves			(48,547)		(41,596)
	Progress payments applied, principally related to long-term contracts		(13,750)		(9,001)
Inventories, net		$	320,633	$	281,103