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Inventories

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

3. Inventories

Inventories consist of the following:

	June 30,		December 31,
	2011		2010

Raw materials	$	8,404	$	9,016
Work in progress		10,477		7,972
Manufactured and purchased components		13,062		11,422
Finished goods		13,889		13,424
Product inventory		45,832		41,834
Capitalized contract costs		2,772		3,314
Total inventories	$	48,604	$	45,148

Inventoried costs include capitalized contract costs relating to programs and contracts with long-term production cycles, a portion of which is not expected to be realized within one year. The Company believes these amounts will be fully recovered.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for inventory. This may include, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the major classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory. If inventory is stated above cost, accrued net losses on firm purchase commitments for inventory and losses resulting from valuing inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market may also be included. For LIFO inventory, may disclose the amount and basis for determining the excess of replacement or current cost over stated LIFO value and the effects of a LIFO quantities liquidation that impacts net income.

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