Goodwill and Purchased Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Goodwill and Purchased Intangible Assets

Schedule of changes in the carrying amount of goodwill

Changes in goodwill for the two years ended September 30, 2020 are as follows (in thousands):

	Cubic Transportation		Cubic Mission		Cubic Global
	Systems		Solutions		Defense Systems		Total
Net balances at October 1, 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
Acquisitions		31,224		173,035		—		204,259
Foreign currency exchange rate changes		1,852		478		196		2,526
Net balances at September 30, 2020	$	287,668	$	354,937	$	142,277	$	784,882

Schedule of entity's purchased intangible assets

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

	September 30, 2020						September 30, 2019
							Gross
	Gross Carrying		Accumulated		Net Carrying		Carrying		Accumulated		Net Carrying
	Amount		Amortization		Amount		Amount		Amortization		Amount
Contract and program intangibles	$	189,419	$	(157,145)	$	32,275	$	181,903	$	(138,497)	$	43,406
Other purchased intangibles		253,449		(75,362)		178,086		155,608		(33,401)		122,207
Total	$	442,868	$	(232,507)	$	210,361	$	337,511	$	(171,898)	$	165,613

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, 2020, for each of the next five years and thereafter (in thousands):

	Transportation		Cubic Mission
	Systems		Solutions		Total
2021	$	17,732	$	42,996	$	60,728
2022		17,101		23,954		41,055
2023		11,960		16,508		28,468
2024		11,404		14,534		25,939
2025		11,304		13,071		24,375
Thereafter		18,187		11,610		29,796
	$	87,688	$	122,673	$	210,361