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Commitments and Contingencies
3 Months Ended
Sep. 27, 2025
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies
Note 18. Commitments and Contingencies
Legal Proceedings
The Company is subject to a variety of claims and suits that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of its business. While management currently believes that resolving claims against the Company, individually or in aggregate, will not have a material adverse impact on its financial position, results of operations or statement of cash flows, these matters are subject to inherent uncertainties and management’s view of these matters may change in the future. Were an unfavorable final outcome to occur, there exists the possibility of a material adverse impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows for the period in which the effect becomes reasonably estimable.
Tel-Instruments Electronics Corp. Settlement
In July 2023, the Court of Appeals in the State of Kansas affirmed a lower court decision in a case filed by Aeroflex Wichita (Aeroflex), a VIAVI subsidiary, against Tel-Instrument Electronics Corp. (TIC) and two of its employees with total damages of $7.3 million owed to VIAVI. The lower court case, filed by Aeroflex prior to the acquisition by VIAVI and affirmed by the Kansas Court of Appeals, awarded damages caused by tortious interference and improper use and disclosure of Aeroflex’s confidential and proprietary business information used by the defendants to win a competitive U.S. Army contract.
TIC did not file a petition to appeal the decision and acknowledged its obligation to pay damages in full. VIAVI subsequently received total payments of $7.3 million from TIC and the two former employees and recorded a gain to Interest and other income, net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended September 30, 2023.
Guarantees
Outstanding Letters of Credit, Performance Bonds and Other Claims
As of September 27, 2025, the Company had standby letters of credit of $6.3 million and performance bonds and other claims of $2.0 million collateralized by restricted cash.
Product Warranties
The following table presents the changes in the Company’s warranty reserve during the three months ended September 27, 2025 and September 28, 2024 (in millions):
 September 27, 2025September 28, 2024
Balance as of beginning of period$6.7 $7.5 
Provision for warranty0.4 0.2 
Utilization of reserve(0.6)(0.7)
Balance as of end of period$6.5 $7.0