Goodwill and Purchased Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Goodwill and Purchased Intangible Assets

Schedule of changes in the carrying amount of goodwill

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the two years ended September 30, 2018 are as follows (in thousands):

	Transportation		Cubic Global		Cubic Mission
	Systems		Defense		Solutions		Total
Net balances at October 1, 2016	$	49,630	$	262,966	$	—	$	312,596
Acquisitions (see Note 2)		—		5,885		—		5,885
Foreign currency exchange rate changes		1,240		1,841		—		3,081
Net balances at September 30, 2017		50,870		270,692		—		321,562
Reassignment on October 1, 2017		—		(125,321)		125,321		—
Acquisitions		—		665		13,085		13,750
Foreign currency exchange rate changes		(1,084)		(323)		(279)		(1,686)
Net balances at September 30, 2018	$	49,786	$	145,713	$	138,127	$	333,626

Schedule of entity's purchased intangible assets

The table below summarizes our purchased intangible assets (in thousands):

	September 30, 2018						September 30, 2017
							Gross
	Gross Carrying		Accumulated		Net Carrying		Carrying		Accumulated		Net Carrying
	Amount		Amortization		Amount		Amount		Amortization		Amount
Contract and program intangibles	$	151,965	$	(112,399)	$	39,566	$	151,602	$	(90,988)	$	60,614
Other purchased intangibles		52,851		(18,884)		33,967		42,813		(13,569)		29,244
Total	$	204,816	$	(131,283)	$	73,533	$	194,415	$	(104,557)	$	89,858

Schedule of expected amortization of purchased intangibles for each of the next five years

The table below shows our expected amortization of purchased intangibles as of September 30, 2018, for each of the next five years and thereafter (in thousands):

	Transportation		Cubic Global		Cubic Mission
	Systems		Defense		Solutions		Total
2019	$	1,153	$	673	$	18,336	$	20,162
2020		944		254		14,687		15,885
2021		698		254		11,259		12,211
2022		598		254		8,129		8,981
2023		499		254		6,042		6,795
Thereafter		989		626		7,884		9,499
	$	4,881	$	2,315	$	66,337	$	73,533