Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Captions

9 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Captions

Note 2 — Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Captions

	As of  December 31, 2023			As of  March 31, 2023
	(In thousands)
Accounts receivable, net:
Billed	$	550,000		$	327,148
Unbilled		148,064			104,889
Allowance for doubtful accounts		(22,218	)		(12,103	)
	$	675,846		$	419,934
Inventories:
Raw materials	$	93,722		$	68,655
Work in process		40,202			25,347
Finished goods		219,627			174,561
	$	353,551		$	268,563
Prepaid expenses and other current assets:
Insurance receivable	$	770,000		$	—
Prepaid expenses		154,254			115,701
Other		131,429			60,928
	$	1,055,683		$	176,629
Property, equipment and satellites, net:
Equipment and software (estimated useful life of 3-7 years)	$	2,644,427		$	1,917,243
CPE leased equipment (estimated useful life of 4-7 years)		585,205			395,427
Furniture and fixtures (estimated useful life of 7 years)		62,701			58,807
Leasehold improvements (estimated useful life of 2-17 years)		176,658			151,827
Buildings (estimated useful life of 12-38 years)		16,755			12,487
Land		29,498			3,873
Construction in progress		1,324,922			685,646
Satellites (estimated useful life of 7-17 years)		3,349,663			1,056,313
Satellite Ka-band capacity obtained under finance leases (estimated useful life of 7-11 years)		177,576			175,712
Satellites under construction		1,863,690			2,252,908
		10,231,095			6,710,243
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization		(2,856,753	)		(2,331,960	)
	$	7,374,342		$	4,378,283
Other acquired intangible assets, net:
Contracts and customer relationships (weighted average useful life of 11 years)	$	1,478,672		$	132,563
Orbital slots and spectrum assets (weighted average useful life of 12 years)		1,018,600			8,600
Technology (weighted average useful life of 7 years)		253,414			151,327
Trade name (weighted average useful life of 8 years)		117,390			32,253
Other (weighted average useful life of 5 years)		253,375			21,782
		3,121,451			346,525
Less: accumulated amortization		(347,786	)		(145,320	)
	$	2,773,665		$	201,205
Other assets:
Deferred income taxes	$	181,072		$	23,724
Capitalized software costs, net		235,064			222,155
Patents, orbital slots and other licenses, net		103,584			73,932
Other		224,547			146,227
	$	744,267		$	466,038
Accrued and other liabilities:
Collections in excess of revenues and deferred revenues	$	266,147		$	132,187
Accrued employee compensation		170,348			125,349
Accrued vacation		45,595			45,177
Operating lease liabilities		75,002			50,639
Income taxes payable		39,007			113,905
Other		402,969			179,975
	$	999,068		$	647,232
Other liabilities:
Deferred revenues, long-term portion	$	905,373		$	84,747
Deferred income taxes		1,292,495			85,989
Other		324,281			47,806
	$	2,522,149		$	218,542