REVENUE (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2023

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability [Table Text Block]

Changes in the Company’s contract assets and liabilities during fiscal 2023 and 2022 are as follows (in thousands):

	October 31, 2023	October 31, 2022	Change
Contract assets	$111,702	$93,978	$17,724
Contract liabilities	87,556	58,757	28,799
Net contract assets	$24,146	$35,221	($11,075)

Product Line [Member]

Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]

Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]

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

	Year Ended October 31,
	2023	2022	2021
Flight Support Group:
Aftermarket replacement parts (1)	$1,040,502	$694,900	$535,217
Repair and overhaul parts and services (2)	366,566	264,986	208,215
Specialty products (3)	363,117	295,326	183,657
Total net sales	1,770,185	1,255,212	927,089
Electronic Technologies Group:
Electronic component parts primarily for    defense, space and aerospace equipment (4)	918,374	672,147	709,621
Electronic component parts for equipment in various other industries (5)	306,848	300,328	249,549
Total net sales	1,225,222	972,475	959,170
Intersegment sales	(27,302)	(19,365)	(20,577)
Total consolidated net sales	$2,968,105	$2,208,322	$1,865,682

(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 as well as machining, brazing, fabricating and welding services generally to original equipment manufacturers.

(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, a wide variety of memory products and radio frequency (RF) and microwave products, crashworthy and ballistically self-sealing auxiliary fuel systems, high performance communications and electronic intercept receivers and tuners, high performance active antenna systems and airborne antennas, technical surveillance countermeasures (TSCM) equipment, custom high power filters and filter assemblies, radiation assurance services and products, and high-reliability, complex, passive electronic components and rotary joint assemblies.

(5)    Includes various component parts such as electromagnetic and radio frequency 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, and high performance test sockets and adaptors.

Sales by Industry [Member]

Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]

Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]

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

	Year ended October 31,
	2023	2022	2021
Flight Support Group:
Aerospace	$1,257,650	$876,254	$660,867
Defense and Space	434,229	316,460	224,236
Other (1)	78,306	62,498	41,986
Total net sales	1,770,185	1,255,212	927,089
Electronic Technologies Group:
Defense and Space	603,414	545,384	599,570
Other (2)	438,189	340,311	284,834
Aerospace	183,619	86,780	74,766
Total net sales	1,225,222	972,475	959,170
Intersegment sales	(27,302)	(19,365)	(20,577)
Total consolidated net sales	$2,968,105	$2,208,322	$1,865,682

(1)    Principally industrial products.

(2)    Principally other electronics and medical products.