Accounts Receivable, Net and Unbilled Receivables

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2021

Accounts Receivable, Net and Unbilled Receivables

Note 4. Accounts Receivable, Net and Unbilled Receivables

Accounts receivable, net and Unbilled receivables as of January 31, 2021 and October 31, 2020 consisted of the following (in thousands):

	January 31,		October 31,
	2021		2020
Commercial Customers:
Amount billed	$	8,409	$	7,329
Unbilled receivables⁽¹⁾		7,262		7,063
		15,671		14,392
Advanced Technologies (including U.S. government⁽²⁾):
Amount billed		1,612		2,234
Unbilled receivables		981		978
		2,593		3,212
Accounts receivable, net and unbilled receivables	$	18,264	$	17,604

(1)	Additional long-term unbilled receivables of $12.1 million and $8.9 million are included within “Other Assets” as of January 31, 2021 and October 31, 2020, respectively.

(2)	Total U.S. government accounts receivable, including unbilled receivables, outstanding as of January 31, 2021 and October 31, 2020 were $1.0 million and $1.1 million, respectively.

We bill customers for power platform and power platform component sales based on certain contractual milestones being reached. We bill service agreements based on the contract price and billing terms of the contracts. Generally, our Advanced Technologies contracts are billed based on actual revenues recorded, typically in the subsequent month. Some Advanced Technologies contracts are billed based on contractual milestones or costs incurred. Unbilled receivables relate to revenue recognized on customer contracts that have not been billed.

The Company had no allowance for doubtful accounts as of January 31, 2021 and October 31, 2020. Uncollectible accounts receivable are charged against the allowance for doubtful accounts when all collection efforts have failed and it is deemed unlikely that the amount will be recovered.