Defined Pension Benefit Obligations

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2017

Defined Benefit Pension Plans And Defined Benefit Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]

The following table presents the components of net periodic benefit cost recognized in earnings during each of the three and nine months ended June 30, 2017 and July 1, 2016 (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended						For the Nine Months Ended
	June 30, 2017			July 1, 2016			June 30, 2017			July 1, 2016
Component:
Service cost	$	2,349		$	5,081		$	6,749		$	22,261
Interest cost		9,357			14,568			26,786			45,477
Expected return on plan assets		(16,722	)		(19,723	)		(47,837	)		(58,156	)
Amortization of previously unrecognized items		3,770			3,249			10,858			14,323
Settlement loss (gain)		51			(150	)		135			(244	)
Net periodic benefit (income) cost	$	(1,195	)	$	3,025		$	(3,309	)	$	23,661

The decrease in periodic benefit costs for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2017 as compared to the corresponding period last year was primarily due to the curtailment of our U.K. plans and the de-recognition of the U.S. pension plan for participating employees who were assigned to, and worked exclusively on, a specific operating contract with the U.S. federal government.

The following table presents certain information regarding the Company’s cash contributions to our pension plans for fiscal 2017 (in thousands):

Cash contributions made during the first nine months of

fiscal 2017

13,911

Cash contributions we expect to make during the remainder

of fiscal 2017

5,445

Total

19,356