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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Granted pursuant to the Astronics Corporation 2017 Long Term Incentive Plan.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/S/JULIE DAVIS, AS POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR PETER J. GUNDERMANN</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2017-12-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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