INVENTORIES (Table)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Inventories [Abstract]

Schedule Of Inventory [Text Block]

(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