REVENUE (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2024

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability [Table Text Block]

Changes in the Company’s contract assets and liabilities for the nine months ended July 31, 2024 are as follows (in thousands):

	July 31, 2024	October 31, 2023	Change
Contract assets, current	$104,412	$111,702	($7,290)
Contract liabilities, current	69,727	87,556	(17,829)
Contract liabilities, long-term	54,953	—	54,953
Total contract liabilities	124,680	87,556	37,124
Net contract (liabilities) assets	($20,268)	$24,146	($44,414)

Product Line [Member]

Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]

Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the Company’s net sales by product line for each operating segment (in thousands):

	Nine months ended July 31,		Three months ended July 31,
	2024	2023	2024	2023
Flight Support Group:
Aftermarket replacement parts (1)	$1,231,578	$665,936	$432,699	$238,950
Repair and overhaul parts and services (2)	433,658	229,925	149,895	80,924
Specialty products (3)	282,338	272,659	99,032	85,166
Total net sales	1,947,574	1,168,520	681,626	405,040
Electronic Technologies Group:
Electronic component parts primarily for defense, space and aerospace equipment (4)	732,378	644,239	257,974	248,919
Electronic component parts for equipment in various other industries (5)	195,015	238,446	64,155	76,948
Total net sales	927,393	882,685	322,129	325,867
Intersegment sales	(30,963)	(19,547)	(11,509)	(8,005)
Total consolidated net sales	$2,844,004	$2,031,658	$992,246	$722,902

(1)    Includes various jet engine and aircraft component replacement parts.

(2)    Includes primarily the sale of parts consumed in various repair and overhaul services on selected jet engine and aircraft components, avionics, instruments, composites and flight surfaces of commercial and military aircraft.

(3)    Includes primarily the sale of specialty components such as thermal insulation blankets, renewable/reusable insulation systems, advanced niche components, complex composite assemblies, and expanded foil mesh as well as machining, brazing, fabricating and welding services generally to original equipment manufacturers.

(4)    Includes various component parts such as electro-optical infrared simulation and test equipment, electro-optical laser products, electro-optical, microwave and other power equipment, high-speed

interface products, power conversion products, underwater locator beacons, emergency locator transmission beacons, traveling wave tube amplifiers, microwave power modules, a wide variety of memory products and radio frequency (RF) and microwave products, crashworthy and ballistically self-sealing auxiliary fuel systems, high performance communications and electronic intercept receivers and tuners, high performance active antenna systems and airborne antennas, technical surveillance countermeasures (TSCM) equipment, custom high power filters and filter assemblies, radiation assurance services and products, and high-reliability, complex, passive electronic components and rotary joint assemblies.

(5)    Includes various component parts such as electromagnetic and radio frequency interference shielding, high voltage interconnection devices, high voltage advanced power electronics, harsh environment connectivity products, custom molded cable assemblies, silicone material for a variety of demanding applications, and rugged small form-factor embedded computing solutions, and high performance test sockets and adaptors.

Sales by Industry [Member]

Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]

Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the Company’s net sales by industry for each operating segment (in thousands):

	Nine months ended July 31,		Three months ended July 31,
	2024	2023	2024	2023
Flight Support Group:
Aerospace	$1,439,507	$811,962	$499,917	$288,069
Defense and Space	449,838	295,686	161,160	98,777
Other (1)	58,229	60,872	20,549	18,194
Total net sales	1,947,574	1,168,520	681,626	405,040
Electronic Technologies Group:
Defense and Space	470,427	413,761	169,670	153,190
Other (2)	295,089	335,786	94,647	119,992
Aerospace	161,877	133,138	57,812	52,685
Total net sales	927,393	882,685	322,129	325,867
Intersegment sales	(30,963)	(19,547)	(11,509)	(8,005)
Total consolidated net sales	$2,844,004	$2,031,658	$992,246	$722,902

(1)    Principally industrial products.

(2)    Principally other electronics and medical products.