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Goodwill | 6 Months Ended
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Nov. 01, 2025
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Goodwill | 8. Goodwill ​ The following table presents the changes in the Company’s goodwill balance by segment (in thousands): ​
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​ | ​ | AxS | ​ | SCDE | ​ | Total
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Goodwill | ​ | $ | 431,157 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | 431,157
Accumulated impairment losses | ​ | ​ | (174,376) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (174,376)
Balance at April 30, 2025 | ​ | ​ | 256,781 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 256,781
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Additions to goodwill | ​ | ​ | 927,953 | ​ | ​ | 1,438,935 | ​ | ​ | 2,366,888
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Goodwill | ​ | ​ | 1,359,110 | ​ | ​ | 1,438,935 | ​ | ​ | 2,798,045
Accumulated impairment losses | ​ | ​ | (174,376) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | (174,376)
Balance at November 1, 2025 | ​ | $ | 1,184,734 | ​ | $ | 1,438,935 | ​ | $ | 2,623,669
​ The AxS segment includes goodwill from the acquisitions of Pulse Aerospace, LLC (“Pulse”), Arcturus UAV, Inc. (“Arcturus”), Telerob Gesellschaft für Fernhantierungstechnik mbH (“Telerob”), Planck Aerosystems, Inc., Tomahawk Robotics, Inc. and certain BlueHalo reporting units and includes goodwill from the purchase of certain assets of Intelligent Systems Group business segment of Progeny Systems Corporation. The SCDE segment includes goodwill from certain BlueHalo reporting units.

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