REVENUE

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2021

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

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REVENUE

Contract Balances

    Contract assets (unbilled receivables) represent revenue recognized on contracts using an over-time recognition model in excess of amounts invoiced to the customer. Contract liabilities (deferred revenue) represent customer advances and billings in excess of revenue recognized and are included within accrued expenses and other current liabilities in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.    

    Changes in the Company’s contract assets and liabilities for the three months ended January 31, 2021 are as follows (in thousands):

	January 31, 2021	October 31, 2020	Change
Contract assets	$57,876	$60,429	($2,553)
Contract liabilities	30,004	25,631	4,373
Net contract assets	$27,872	$34,798	($6,926)

    The decrease in the Company's contract assets during the first quarter of fiscal 2021 mainly occurred within the ETG and principally reflects billings on certain customer contracts made during the quarter in excess of amounts recorded as unbilled receivables on certain customer contracts using an over-time recognition model.

    The increase in the Company's contract liabilities during the first quarter of fiscal 2021 mainly occurred within the ETG and principally reflects the receipt during the quarter of new customer deposits on certain customer contracts in excess of reductions to contract liabilities from customer deposits recognized as revenue.

    The amount of revenue that the Company recognized during the first quarter of fiscal 2021 that was included in contract liabilities as of the beginning of fiscal 2021 was $11.2 million.

Remaining Performance Obligations

    As of January 31, 2021, the Company had $486.2 million of remaining performance obligations associated with contracts with an original duration of greater than one year pertaining to the majority of the products offered by the ETG as well as certain products of the FSG's specialty products and aftermarket replacement parts product lines. The Company will recognize net sales as these obligations are satisfied. The Company expects to recognize $286.5 million of this amount during the remainder of fiscal 2021 and $199.7 million thereafter, of which the majority is expected to occur in fiscal 2022.

Disaggregation of Revenue

    The following table summarizes the Company’s net sales by product line for each operating segment (in thousands):

	Three months ended January 31,
	2021	2020
Flight Support Group:
Aftermarket replacement parts (1)	$118,434	$168,267
Repair and overhaul parts and services (2)	42,412	69,287
Specialty products (3)	38,488	63,513
Total net sales	199,334	301,067
Electronic Technologies Group:
Electronic component parts primarily for defense, space and aerospace equipment (4)	167,089	160,713
Electronic component parts for equipment in various other industries (5)	56,461	47,698
Total net sales	223,550	208,411
Intersegment sales	(4,982)	(3,203)
Total consolidated net sales	$417,902	$506,275

(1)    Includes various jet engine and aircraft component replacement parts.

(2)    Includes primarily the sale of parts consumed in various repair and overhaul services on selected jet engine and aircraft components, avionics, instruments, composites and flight surfaces of commercial and military aircraft.

(3)    Includes primarily the sale of specialty components such as thermal insulation blankets, renewable/reusable insulation systems, advanced niche components, complex composite assemblies, and expanded foil mesh.

(4)    Includes various component parts such as electro-optical infrared simulation and test equipment, electro-optical laser products, electro-optical, microwave and other power equipment, high-speed interface products, power conversion products, underwater locator beacons, emergency locator transmission beacons, traveling wave tube amplifiers, microwave power modules, three-dimensional microelectronic and stacked memory products, crashworthy and ballistically self-sealing auxiliary fuel systems, radio frequency (RF) and microwave amplifiers, transmitters and receivers, high performance communications and electronic intercept receivers and tuners, high performance active antenna systems, and technical surveillance countermeasures (TSCM) equipment.

(5)    Includes various component parts such as electromagnetic and radio interference shielding, high voltage interconnection devices, high voltage advanced power electronics, harsh environment connectivity products, custom molded cable assemblies, silicone material for a variety of demanding applications and rugged small form-factor embedded computing solutions.

    The following table summarizes the Company’s net sales by industry for each operating segment (in thousands):

	Three months ended January 31,
	2021	2020
Flight Support Group:
Aerospace	$135,056	$239,923
Defense and Space	54,044	50,253
Other (1)	10,234	10,891
Total net sales	199,334	301,067
Electronic Technologies Group:
Defense and Space	142,092	133,110
Other (2)	63,907	54,963
Aerospace	17,551	20,338
Total net sales	223,550	208,411
Intersegment sales	(4,982)	(3,203)
Total consolidated net sales	$417,902	$506,275

(1)    Principally industrial products.

(2)    Principally other electronics and medical products.