Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Captions (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Oct. 03, 2014

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Captions

	As of October 3, 2014			As of April 4, 2014
	(In thousands)
Accounts receivable, net:
Billed	$	124,148		$	129,794
Unbilled		156,486			143,651
Allowance for doubtful accounts		(902	)		(1,554	)
	$	279,732		$	271,891
Inventories:
Raw materials	$	46,674		$	42,786
Work in process		24,140			22,279
Finished goods		56,003			54,536
	$	126,817		$	119,601
Prepaid expenses and other current assets:
Prepaid expenses	$	34,430		$	41,341
Other		4,563			2,729
	$	38,993		$	44,070
Satellites, net:
Satellite — WildBlue-1 (estimated useful life of 10 years)	$	195,890		$	195,890
Capital lease of satellite capacity — Anik F2 (estimated useful life of 10 years)		99,090			99,090
Satellite — ViaSat-1 (estimated useful life of 17 years)		363,204			363,204
Satellite — ViaSat-2 (under construction)		195,385			146,610
		853,569			804,794
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(199,388	)		(173,958	)
	$	654,181		$	630,836
Property and equipment, net:
Equipment and software (estimated useful life of 2-7 years)	$	479,565		$	452,197
CPE leased equipment (estimated useful life of 4-5 years)		227,563			221,017
Furniture and fixtures (estimated useful life of 7 years)		19,837			18,773
Leasehold improvements (estimated useful life of 2-17 years)		66,014			62,159
Building (estimated useful life of 24 years)		8,923			8,923
Land		1,621			1,621
Construction in progress		14,274			17,062
		817,797			781,752
Less accumulated depreciation		(407,000	)		(360,086	)
	$	410,797		$	421,666
Other acquired intangible assets, net:
Technology (weighted average useful life of 6 years)	$	67,687		$	57,084
Contracts and customer relationships (weighted average useful life of 8 years)		99,733			88,853
Satellite co-location rights (weighted average useful life of 9 years)		8,600			8,600
Trade name (weighted average useful life of 3 years)		5,940			5,680
Other (weighted average useful life of 7 years)		8,742			6,320
		190,702			166,537
Less accumulated amortization		(139,432	)		(131,140	)
	$	51,270		$	35,397
Other assets:
Capitalized software costs, net	$	104,053		$	91,022
Patents, orbital slots and other licenses, net		17,000			15,700
Deferred income taxes		95,770			110,711
Other		38,334			39,535
	$	255,157		$	256,968
Accrued liabilities:
Collections in excess of revenues and deferred revenues	$	81,852		$	69,127
Accrued employee compensation		14,074			23,954
Accrued vacation		23,904			22,550
Warranty reserve, current portion		9,015			9,368
Current portion of other long-term debt		1,056			1,856
Other		40,929			49,119
	$	170,830		$	175,974
Other liabilities:
Deferred revenue, long-term portion	$	7,144		$	10,097
Deferred rent, long-term portion		8,388			9,758
Warranty reserve, long-term portion		7,126			7,655
Deferred income taxes, long-term portion		562			816
Satellite performance incentives obligation, long-term portion		20,366			20,567
	$	43,586		$	48,893