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Revenues, Percentage

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Amount, after allocation of valuation allowances and deferred tax liability, of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible differences and carryforwards, without jurisdictional netting.

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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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Long-lived assets other than financial instruments, long-term customer relationships of a financial institution, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred tax assets.

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Description of timing for satisfying performance obligation in contract with customer. Includes, but is not limited to, as services are rendered, and upon shipment, delivery or completion of service.

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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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Revenue and Geographic Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 761,608	$ 735,994	$ 724,944
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Long-lived Assets		229,200
Long-Lived Assets	$ 447,215	$ 662,917
Revenues, Percentage	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Deferred Tax Assets, Net	$ 35,240	$ 38,000
Deferred income taxes		38,040
U.S. Government contracts
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	244,300	281,300	$ 248,600
North America [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	438,638	485,856	437,326
Europe [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	164,921	167,176	168,236
Middle East [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	114,110	51,565	81,197
Asia [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	19,326	16,998	24,614
Oceania [Domain]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	14,598	8,739	10,837
Segment, Geographical, Groups of Countries, Group Six [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	10,015	5,660	2,734
UNITED STATES
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Long-Lived Assets	249,935	463,114
GERMANY
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Long-Lived Assets	157,504	160,257
UNITED KINGDOM
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Long-Lived Assets	32,834	32,378
CZECH REPUBLIC
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Long-Lived Assets	5,753	6,077
MEXICO
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Long-Lived Assets	$ 1,189	$ 1,091
Transferred over Time [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues, Percentage	39.00%	48.00%
Transferred at Point in Time [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues, Percentage	61.00%	52.00%
Military and Defense, other than fuzes [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 178,289	$ 190,264	201,760
Missile and Bomb Fuzes [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 227,846	$ 195,751	$ 184,640
Revenues, Percentage	30.00%	27.00%	25.00%
Commercial Aerospace [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 355,473	$ 349,979	$ 338,544
Original Equipment Manufacturer [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues, Percentage	58.00%	56.00%	57.00%
Aftermarket [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues, Percentage	12.00%	17.00%	18.00%
Time-and-materials Contract [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue, Performance Obligation, Description of Timing	P30D
Time-and-materials Contract [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue, Performance Obligation, Description of Timing	P180D
Fixed-price Contract [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue, Performance Obligation, Description of Timing	P30D
Fixed-price Contract [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue, Performance Obligation, Description of Timing	P90D