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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Insurance Claims, Warranty And Environmental Reserves

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Pro Forma Depreciation and Amortization

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Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Business, Net Of Tax

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Amount of revenue attributable to disposal group, including, but not limited to, discontinued operation.

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Amount of gain (loss) from sale and disposal of integrated set of activities and assets capable of being conducted and managed for purpose of providing return in form of dividend, lower cost, or other economic benefit to investor, owner, member and participant.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 27, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021
Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale \| Telephonics Corporation
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from divestiture of businesses	$ 330,000
Gain on sale of business		$ 108,949
Gain on sale of business, net of tax		88,977
Discontinued Operations \| Installation Services and Other Discontinued Activities
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Discontinued operation, insurance claims, warranty and environmental reserves		6,928		$ 6,928		$ 7,074
Revenue from disposed business		0	$ 0	0	$ 0
Discontinued Operations \| Defense Electronics
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Pro forma depreciation and amortization from Defense Electronics		2,342		7,442
Discontinued Operations \| Telephonics Corporation
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Income taxes payable		27,703		27,703
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale \| Defense Electronics
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain on sale of business		108,949	0	108,949	5,291
Revenue from disposed business		$ 50,795	$ 62,574	$ 161,061	$ 190,492