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PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Abstract]  
PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS

10.       PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS

The following tables are consolidated disclosures of all domestic and foreign defined pension plans as described in the Corporation's 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K. The postretirement benefits information includes the domestic Curtiss-Wright Corporation and EMD postretirement benefit plans, as there are no foreign postretirement benefit plans.

Pension Plans

The components of net periodic pension cost for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 are as follows:

   (In thousands)
   Three Months Ended
   March 31,
   2012 2011
Service cost $ 10,155 $ 9,315
Interest cost   6,455   6,542
Expected return on plan assets   (8,414)   (7,967)
Amortization of:      
 Prior service cost   301   299
 Unrecognized actuarial loss   2,496   1,243
Net periodic benefit cost $ 10,993 $ 9,432

During the three months ended March 31, 2012, the Corporation made $7 million in contributions to the Curtiss-Wright Pension Plan, and expects to make total contributions of approximately $45 million in 2012. In addition, contributions of $1 million were made to the Corporation's foreign benefit plans during the three months ended March 31, 2012. Contributions to the foreign benefit plans are expected to be $4.3 million in 2012.

Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

The components of the net postretirement benefit cost for the Curtiss-Wright and EMD postretirement benefit plans for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 are as follows:

   (In thousands)
   Three Months Ended
   March 31,
   2012 2011
Service cost $ 110 $ 94
Interest cost   232   250
Amortization of:      
 Prior service cost   (157)   (157)
 Unrecognized actuarial gain   (180)   (231)
Net periodic postretirement benefit cost (income) $ 5 $ (44)

During the three months ended March 31, 2012, the Corporation paid $0.2 million to the postretirement plans. During 2012, the Corporation anticipates contributing $1.6 million to the postretirement plans.