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Shares Used In Computing Diluted Net Income Per Share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Shares Used In Computing Diluted Net Income Per Share |
|  | Fiscal Years Ended |
|  | March 31, 2017 |  |  | March 31, 2016 |  |  | April 3, 2015 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Weighted average: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Common shares outstanding used in calculating basic net income per share attributable to ViaSat, Inc. common stockholders |  |  | 52,318 |  |  |  | 48,464 |  |  |  | 47,139 |
Options to purchase common stock as determined by application of the treasury stock method |  |  | 246 |  |  |  | 281 |  |  |  | 475 |
Restricted stock units to acquire common stock as determined by application of the treasury stock method |  |  | 658 |  |  |  | 533 |  |  |  | 515 |
Potentially issuable shares in connection with certain terms of the ViaSat 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Plan |  |  | 174 |  |  |  | 167 |  |  |  | 156 |
Shares used in computing diluted net income per share attributable to ViaSat, Inc. common stockholders |  |  | 53,396 |  |  |  | 49,445 |  |  |  | 48,285 |

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