Goodwill and Purchased Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Goodwill and Purchased Intangible Assets

Schedule of changes in the carrying amount of goodwill

Changes in goodwill for the two years ended September 30, 2019 are as follows (in thousands):

	Cubic Transportation		Cubic Mission		Cubic Global
	Systems		Solutions		Defense		Total
Net balances at September 30, 2017	$	50,870	$	—	$	270,692	$	321,562
Reassignment on October 1, 2017		—		125,321		(125,321)		—
Acquisitions (see Note 2)		—		13,085		665		13,750
Foreign currency exchange rate changes		(1,084)		(279)		(323)		(1,686)
Net balances at September 30, 2018		49,786		138,127		145,713		333,626
Reassignment on April 1, 2019		—		3,428		(3,428)		—
Acquisitions		206,988		40,392		—		247,380
Foreign currency exchange rate changes		(2,182)		(523)		(204)		(2,909)
Net balances at September 30, 2019	$	254,592	$	181,424	$	142,081	$	578,097

Schedule of entity's purchased intangible assets

The table below summarizes our purchased intangible assets (in thousands):

	September 30, 2019						September 30, 2018
							Gross
	Gross Carrying		Accumulated		Net Carrying		Carrying		Accumulated		Net Carrying
	Amount		Amortization		Amount		Amount		Amortization		Amount
Contract and program intangibles	$	181,903	$	(138,497)	$	43,406	$	151,965	$	(112,399)	$	39,566
Other purchased intangibles		155,608		(33,401)		122,207		52,851		(18,884)		33,967
Total	$	337,511	$	(171,898)	$	165,613	$	204,816	$	(131,283)	$	73,533

Schedule of expected amortization of purchased intangibles for each of the next five years

The table below shows our expected amortization of purchased intangibles as of September 30, 2019, for each of the next five years and thereafter (in thousands):

	Transportation		Cubic Mission
	Systems		Solutions		Total
2020	$	17,553	$	18,884	$	36,437
2021		16,025		14,429		30,454
2022		15,470		11,304		26,774
2023		10,353		9,151		19,504
2024		9,797		7,179		16,976
Thereafter		21,531		13,937		35,468
	$	90,729	$	74,884	$	165,613