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Cost Reduction Actions (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2014
Cost Reduction Actions [Abstract] |
Rollforward of restructuring liability by type of cost related to the wind-down of the microsatellite product line | The activity pertaining to the accruals with respect to this plan, since July 31, 2013, is summarized as follows:
| Facility exit costs |  | Other |  | Total
Balance as of July 31, 2013 | $ | 413,000 |  |  | 50,000 |  |  | $ | 463,000 |
Payments made | (75,000 | ) |  | — |  |  | (75,000 | )
Balance as of January 31, 2014 | $ | 338,000 |  |  | 50,000 |  |  | $ | 388,000 |
Determination of estimated facility exit costs table | The remaining estimated amounts relate to facility exit costs and were determined as follows:
| At August 1, 2008
Total non-cancelable lease obligations | $ | 12,741,000 |
Less: Estimated sublease income | 8,600,000 |
Total net estimated facility exit costs | 4,141,000 |
Less: Interest expense to be accreted | 2,041,000 |
Present value of estimated facility exit costs | $ | 2,100,000 |
Summary of acquisition-related restructuring liabilities | As of January 31, 2014, the amount of the acquisition-related restructuring reserve is as follows:
| Cumulative Activity Through January 31, 2014
Present value of estimated facility exit costs at August 1, 2008 | $ | 2,100,000 |
Cash payments made | (5,855,000 | )
Cash payments received | 6,347,000 |
Accreted interest recorded | 956,000 |
Net liability as of January 31, 2014 | 3,548,000 |
Amount recorded as prepaid expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet | 454,000 |
Amount recorded as other liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet | $ | 4,002,000 |
Summary of future cash payments associated with estimated facility exit costs | As of January 31, 2014, future cash payments associated with our restructuring plan are summarized below:
| As of
| January 31, 2014
Future lease payments to be made in excess of anticipated sublease payments | $ | 4,002,000 |
Less net cash to be received in next twelve months | (454,000 | )
Interest expense to be accreted in future periods | 1,084,000 |
Total remaining net cash payments | $ | 4,632,000 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost. This element may also include a description of any reversal and other adjustment made during the period to the amount of an accrued liability for restructuring activities. This element may be used to encapsulate the roll forward presentations of an entity's restructuring reserve by type of cost and in total, and explanation of changes that occurred in the period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB Topic 5.P.4(b)(2)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394695&loc=d3e140904-122747 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 146 -Paragraph 20 -Subparagraph b(2) -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. + Details
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