Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Captions (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2016

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Captions

	As of June  30, 2016			As of March  31, 2016
	(In thousands)
Accounts receivable, net:
Billed	$	144,386		$	146,309
Unbilled		120,181			141,568
Allowance for doubtful accounts		(1,897	)		(1,153	)
	$	262,670		$	286,724
Inventories:
Raw materials	$	50,171		$	46,757
Work in process		31,920			27,200
Finished goods		73,420			71,204
	$	155,511		$	145,161
Prepaid expenses and other current assets:
Prepaid expenses	$	47,987		$	41,784
Other		5,466			5,799
	$	53,453		$	47,583
Satellites, net:
Satellites (estimated useful life of 10-17 years)	$	559,094		$	559,094
Capital lease of satellite capacity — Anik F2 (estimated useful life of 10 years)		99,090			99,090
Satellites under construction		591,432			515,696
		1,249,616			1,173,880
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization		(288,364	)		(275,683	)
	$	961,252		$	898,197
Property and equipment, net:
Equipment and software (estimated useful life of 2-7 years)	$	594,447		$	568,663
CPE leased equipment (estimated useful life of 4-5 years)		264,024			260,409
Furniture and fixtures (estimated useful life of 7 years)		28,594			25,501
Leasehold improvements (estimated useful life of 2-17 years)		73,157			71,895
Building (estimated useful life of 24 years)		8,923			8,923
Land		41,960			41,960
Construction in progress		81,881			73,535
		1,092,986			1,050,886
Less: accumulated depreciation		(591,341	)		(563,976	)
	$	501,645		$	486,910
Other acquired intangible assets, net:
Technology (weighted average useful life of 6 years)	$	74,233		$	74,848
Contracts and customer relationships (weighted average useful life of 8 years)		99,367			99,499
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			5,940
Other (weighted average useful life of 7 years)		8,700			8,717
		196,840			197,604
Less: accumulated amortization		(165,801	)		(164,000	)
	$	31,039		$	33,604
Other assets:
Deferred income taxes	$	135,009		$	134,721
Capitalized software costs, net		176,386			163,061
Patents, orbital slots and other licenses, net		16,800			16,900
Other		33,672			25,323
	$	361,867		$	340,005
Accrued liabilities:
Collections in excess of revenues and deferred revenues	$	64,576		$	64,624
Accrued employee compensation		17,681			35,056
Accrued vacation		30,065			28,646
Warranty reserve, current portion		8,263			7,867
Current portion of other long-term debt		277			274
Other		36,032			47,877
	$	156,894		$	184,344
Other liabilities:
Deferred revenue, long-term portion	$	5,221		$	5,470
Deferred rent, long-term portion		9,479			8,808
Warranty reserve, long-term portion		3,894			3,567
Satellite performance incentives obligation, long-term portion		19,334			19,514
Other		—			12
	$	37,928		$	37,371