INVENTORIES (Table)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Inventory, Net [Abstract]

Schedule Of Inventory

The composition of inventories is as follows:

(In thousands)	March 31, 2019			December 31, 2018
Raw materials	$	201,889		$	214,442
Work-in-process	90,406			74,536
Finished goods and component parts	145,923			143,016
Inventoried costs related to U.S. Government and other long-term contracts	74,343			54,195
Gross inventories	512,561			486,189
Less:  Inventory reserves	(58,046		)	(55,776		)
Progress payments applied	(7,493		)	(6,987		)
Inventories, net	$	447,022		$	423,426