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REVENUE (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2019
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability [Table Text Block] | The Company’s contract assets and liabilities consisted of the following:
| January 31, 2019 |  | November 1, 2018 |  | Change
Contract assets |  | $47,093 |  |  |  | $54,272 |  |  |  | ($7,179 | )
Contract liabilities | 26,715 |  |  | 19,674 |  |  | 7,041 |
Net contract assets |  | $20,378 |  |  |  | $34,598 |  |  |  | ($14,220 | )
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):
|  | Three months ended January 31,
|  | 2019 |  | 2018
Flight Support Group: |  |  |  |
Aftermarket replacement parts (1) |  |  | $159,497 |  |  |  | $134,288 |
Repair and overhaul parts and services (2) |  | 67,163 |  |  | 68,324 |
Specialty products (3) |  | 60,553 |  |  | 52,109 |
Total net sales |  | 287,213 |  |  | 254,721 |
Electronic Technologies Group: |  |  |  |
Electronic component parts for defense, space and aerospace equipment (4) |  | 137,750 |  |  | 117,341 |
Electronic component parts for equipment in various other industries (5) |  | 46,679 |  |  | 38,317 |
Total net sales |  | 184,429 |  |  | 155,658 |
Other, primarily corporate and intersegment |  | (5,496 | ) |  | (5,969 | )
Total consolidated net sales |  |  | $466,146 |  |  |  | $404,410 |
(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.
(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, three-dimensional microelectronic and stacked memory products, crashworthy and ballistically self-sealing auxiliary fuel systems, radio frequency (RF) and microwave amplifiers, transmitters and receivers, high performance communications and electronic intercept receivers and tuners and high performance active antenna systems.
(5) Includes various component parts such as electromagnetic and radio interference shielding, high voltage interconnection devices, high voltage advanced power electronics, harsh environment connectivity products, custom molded cable assemblies and silicone material for a variety of demanding applications.
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):
|  | Three months ended January 31,
|  | 2019 |  | 2018
Flight Support Group: |  |  |  |
Aerospace |  |  | $235,173 |  |  |  | $209,591 |
Defense and Space |  | 41,534 |  |  | 34,782 |
Other (1) |  | 10,506 |  |  | 10,348 |
Total net sales |  | 287,213 |  |  | 254,721 |
Electronic Technologies Group: |  |  |  |
Defense and Space |  | 115,219 |  |  | 97,082 |
Other (2) |  | 49,915 |  |  | 43,053 |
Aerospace |  | 19,295 |  |  | 15,523 |
Total net sales |  | 184,429 |  |  | 155,658 |
Other, primarily corporate and intersegment |  | (5,496 | ) |  | (5,969 | )
Total consolidated net sales |  |  | $466,146 |  |  |  | $404,410 |
(1) | Principally industrial products.
(2) Principally other electronics and medical products.

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