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Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Captions (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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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 |

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