SEGMENT INFORMATION (Table)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule Of Segment Reporting Information By Segment [Text Block]

Operating results by reportable segment are as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)	2021		2020		2019
Net sales
Aerospace & Industrial	$	789,054	$	807,144	$	963,649
Defense Electronics	727,828		610,413		525,393
Naval & Power	995,509		977,109		1,001,662
Less: Intersegment Revenues	(6,460)		(3,330)		(2,743)
Total Consolidated	$	2,505,931	$	2,391,336	$	2,487,961

Depreciation and amortization expense
Aerospace & Industrial	$	36,999	$	37,690	$	39,526
Defense Electronics	38,136		36,188		19,872
Naval & Power	35,937		37,894		38,914
Corporate	3,312		4,131		4,100
Total Consolidated	$	114,384	$	115,903	$	102,412

Capital expenditures
Aerospace & Industrial	$	16,799	$	20,025	$	26,679
Defense Electronics	3,922		3,317		3,385
Naval & Power	18,106		21,283		36,098
Corporate	2,281		2,874		3,590
Total Consolidated	$	41,108	$	47,499	$	69,752

(1) Corporate and Eliminations includes pension expense, environmental remediation and administrative expenses, legal, foreign currency transactional gains and losses, and other expenses.

	Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)	2021		2020		2019
Earnings before taxes:
Total reportable segment operating income	$	422,566	$	326,613	$	439,062
Corporate and Eliminations	(39,883)		(37,765)		(35,109)
Interest expense	40,240		35,545		31,347
Other income, net	12,067		9,748		23,856
Total consolidated earnings before tax	$	354,510	$	263,051	$	396,462

Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

(In thousands)	2021		2020		2019
Operating income (expense)
Aerospace & Industrial	$	121,817	$	99,714	$	149,135
Defense Electronics	159,089		118,748		119,044
Naval & Power	141,660		108,151		170,883
Corporate and Eliminations (1)	(39,883)		(37,765)		(35,109)
Total Consolidated	$	382,683	$	288,848	$	403,953

Reconciliation Of Assets From Segment To Consolidated [Text Block]

Segment assets
Aerospace & Industrial	$	991,508	$	1,019,203	$	1,078,324
Defense Electronics	1,536,369		1,542,686		1,102,821
Naval & Power	1,270,099		1,256,416		1,277,880
Corporate	294,581		175,445		305,236
Assets held for sale	10,988		27,584		—
Total Consolidated	$	4,103,545	$	4,021,334	$	3,764,261

	As of December 31,
(In thousands)	2021		2020		2019
Assets:
Total assets for reportable segments	$	3,797,976	$	3,818,305	$	3,459,025
Assets held for sale	10,988		27,584		—
Non-segment cash	7,537		49,157		235,260
Other assets	287,044		126,288		69,976
Total consolidated assets	$	4,103,545	$	4,021,334	$	3,764,261

ScheduleOfRevenueFromExternalCustomersAttributedToForeignCountriesByGeographicAreaTextBlock

	Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)	2021		2020		2019
Revenues
United States of America	$	1,856,997	$	1,758,424	$	1,710,371
United Kingdom	93,154		90,628		120,297
Other foreign countries	555,780		542,284		657,293
Consolidated total	$	2,505,931	$	2,391,336	$	2,487,961

ScheduleOfEntityWideDisclosureOnGeographicAreasLongLivedAssetsInIndividualForeignCountriesByCountryTextBlock

	As of December 31,
(In thousands)	2021		2020		2019
Long-Lived Assets - Property, plant, and equipment, net
United States of America	$	261,658	$	271,299	$	271,609
United Kingdom	31,594		34,221		34,228
Other foreign countries	66,779		72,680		79,756
Consolidated total	$	360,031	$	378,200	$	385,593