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INVENTORIES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

6. INVENTORIES

Inventoried costs contain amounts relating to long-term contracts and programs with long production cycles, a portion of which will not be realized within one year. Inventories are valued at the lower of cost (principally average cost) or market. The composition of inventories is as follows as of December 31:

(In thousands)			2012		2011
Raw material		$	224,613	$	168,619
Work-in-process			92,761		89,832
Finished goods and component parts			107,173		81,544
Inventoried costs related to U.S. Government and other long-term contracts			38,000		35,347
Gross inventories			462,547		375,342
Less: Inventory reserves			(50,333)		(48,547)
	Progress payments applied, principally related to long-term contracts		(14,743)		(13,750)
Inventories, net		$	397,471	$	313,045

The net inventory balance at December 31, 2012 included $52.2 million related to the Corporation's 2012 acquisitions.

As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, inventory also includes capitalized contract development costs of $23.8 million and $17.5 million, respectively, related to certain aerospace and defense programs. These capitalized costs will be liquidated as production units are delivered to the customer. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, $5.4 million and $9.4 million, respectively, are scheduled to be liquidated under existing firm orders.

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The entire disclosure for inventory. This may include, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the major classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory. If inventory is stated above cost, accrued net losses on firm purchase commitments for inventory and losses resulting from valuing inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market may also be included. For LIFO inventory, may disclose the amount and basis for determining the excess of replacement or current cost over stated LIFO value and the effects of a LIFO quantities liquidation that impacts net income.

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