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Accounts Receivable, Net - Schedule of Accounts Receivable (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Oct. 31, 2018 | Oct. 31, 2017
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Receivables [Abstract] |  |  |
Contract receivable |  | $ 7,415 | $ 41,073
Unbilled contracts receivables | [1] | 10,632 | 18,162
Commercial customers accounts receivable |  | 18,047 | 59,235
Advanced Technologies including U.S. government, Amount billed receivable |  | 1,865 | 1,934
Advanced Technologies including U.S. government, Unbilled receivables |  | 3,127 | 7,352
Advanced Technologies including U.S. government, Accounts receivable | [2] | 4,992 | 9,286
Accounts receivable, net |  | $ 23,039 | $ 68,521
[1] | Additional long-term unbilled receivables of $9.4 million and $12.8 million are included within “Other Assets” as of October 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
[2] | Total U.S. government accounts receivable, including unbilled receivables, outstanding as of October 31, 2018 and 2017 were $2.3 million and $3.2 million, respectively.

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