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INVENTORIES (Table) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2012
Inventories [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Inventory [Text Block] |
|  |  | (In thousands)
|  | June 30, |  | December 31,
|  | 2012 |  | 2011
Raw material | $ | 183,181 |  | $ | 168,619
Work-in-process |  | 106,471 |  |  | 97,420
Finished goods and component parts |  | 80,015 |  |  | 81,544
Inventoried costs related to U.S. Government and other long-term contracts |  | 47,312 |  |  | 35,347
Gross inventories |  | 416,979 |  |  | 382,930
Less: Inventory reserves |  | (47,890) |  |  | (48,547)
| Progress payments applied, principally related to long-term contracts |  | (14,606) |  |  | (13,750)
Inventories, net | $ | 354,483 |  | $ | 320,633

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