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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Aircraft Purchase Contracts Table | As shown in the table below, we expect to make additional capital expenditures over the next five fiscal years to purchase additional aircraft. As of December 31, 2014, we had 37 aircraft on order and options to acquire an additional 39 aircraft. Although a similar number of our existing aircraft may be sold during the same period, the additional aircraft on order will provide incremental fleet capacity in terms of revenue and operating income. As discussed in the fiscal year 2014 Financial Statements, we were awarded a contract to provide civilian SAR services for all of the U.K. The SAR configured aircraft on order in the table below are intended to service this contract and other SAR contracts.
|  | Three Months Ending March 31, 2015 |  | Fiscal Year Ending March 31, |  |
|  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 and thereafter |  | Total
Commitments as of December 31, 2014: (1)(2) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of aircraft: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Medium |  | 3 |  |  | 7 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 10 |
Large (3) |  | — |  |  | 10 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 16 |
SAR configured |  | 5 |  |  | 6 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 11 |
|  | 8 |  |  | 23 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 37 |
Related expenditures (in thousands)(2)(4) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Medium and large |  | $ | 62,809 |  |  | $ | 288,181 |  |  | $ | 68,121 |  |  | $ | 11,689 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 430,800 |
SAR configured |  | 60,423 |  |  | 100,147 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 160,570 |
|  | $ | 123,232 |  |  | $ | 388,328 |  |  | $ | 68,121 |  |  | $ | 11,689 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 591,370 |
Options as of December 31, 2014: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of aircraft: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Medium |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 7 |  |  | 7 |  |  | — |  |  | 14 |
Large (3) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 11 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 25 |
|  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 18 |  |  | 17 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 39 |
Related expenditures (in thousands)(3) |  | $ | 7,647 |  |  | $ | 107,238 |  |  | $ | 371,133 |  |  | $ | 243,293 |  |  | $ | 47,322 |  |  | $ | 776,633 |
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(1) | Signed client contracts are currently in place that will utilize 16 of these aircraft.
(2) | Excludes commitments related to sales leaseback advance. See Note 1 for further details.
(3) | Five large aircraft on order and seven large aircraft under options expected to enter service between fiscal years 2017 and 2019 are subject to the successful development and certification of the aircraft.
(4) | Includes progress payments on aircraft scheduled to be delivered in future periods.
Rollforward schedule of aircraft purchase orders and options | The following chart presents an analysis of our aircraft orders and options during fiscal year 2015:
|  |  | Three Months Ended
|  |  | December 31, 2014 |  | September 30, 2014 |  | June 30, 2014
|  |  | Orders |  | Options |  | Orders |  | Options |  | Orders |  | Options
| Beginning of period |  | 35 |  |  | 48 |  |  | 37 |  |  | 51 |  |  | 43 |  |  | 55 |
| Aircraft delivered |  | (3 | ) |  | — |  |  | (2 | ) |  | — |  |  | (9 | ) |  | — |
| Aircraft ordered |  | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
| Exercised options |  | 2 |  |  | (2 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | (3 | )
| Expired options |  | — |  |  | (7 | ) |  | — |  |  | (3 | ) |  | — |  |  | (1 | )
| End of period |  | 37 |  |  | 39 |  |  | 35 |  |  | 48 |  |  | 37 |  |  | 51 |
Aircraft Lease Table | The following is a summary of the terms related to aircraft leased under operating leases with original or remaining terms in excess of one year as of December 31, 2014:
| End of Lease Term |  | Number of Aircraft |  | Monthly Lease Payments (in thousands)
| Three months ending March 31, 2015 to fiscal year 2016 |  | 7 |  |  | $ | 706 |
| Fiscal year 2017 to fiscal year 2019 |  | 28 |  |  | 4,588 |
| Fiscal year 2020 to fiscal year 2024 |  | 46 |  |  | 6,850 |
|  |  | 81 |  |  | $ | 12,144 |

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